Cook Islands
Connected to...
Stool (furniture)
Container (containers); bowl (containers)
Canoe model; paddle (water transport: accessories)
Dance adornment
Hei
Textile; textile (function unknown); barkcloth; tapa
Akatara
Head ornament (personal adornment)
Ceremonial paddle
Dugout with single outrigger (dugout canoe model)
Fish hook
Ceremonial weapon; adze (general & multipurpose)
Club (weapons: bludgeon)
Hoe blade
Adze (general & multipurpose)
Tivaivai
Tivaivai
Dance adornment
Dance adornment
Dance adornment
Dance adornment
Dance adornment
Dance adornment
Dance adornment
Necklaces (neck ornaments (personal adornment))
Walking stick; orator's stick
Stool
Shark hook
Canoe paddle; dugout with single outrigger (dugout canoe model)
Collection Information
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