Cook Islands
Connected to...

Container (containers); bowl (containers)

Canoe model; paddle (water transport: accessories)
Stool (furniture)

Ceremonial paddle
Head ornament (personal adornment)
Akatara

Hei
Textile; textile (function unknown); barkcloth; tapa

Dugout with single outrigger (dugout canoe model)
Dance adornment

Fish hook

Ceremonial weapon; adze (general & multipurpose)
Hoe blade

Club (weapons: bludgeon)

Tivaivai

Stool
Walking stick; orator's stick

Adze (general & multipurpose)

Shark hook

Necklaces (neck ornaments (personal adornment))

Canoe paddle; dugout with single outrigger (dugout canoe model)
Dance adornment
Dance adornment
Dance adornment
Dance adornment
Dance adornment
Dance adornment
Dance adornment

Tivaivai
Collection Information
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