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Tu'i poi or tu'i nu'a coral-made pestle. Rurutu, Australs Islands. Height 11 cm. This type of pestle made of coral is typical of the island of Rurutu. It was used to crush taro into a dough called poi intended to be consumed. This small pestle may have been used for other purposes, such as making traditional medicine.
That object was collected in Rurutu by Pr. Pierre Vérin and Marimari Kellum and presented to the Museum of Papeete in 1964. Inventory number 689.
Tiki figure of divinity. Marquesas Islands. Basalt. Height 13 cm. Tiki statues represented deified ancestors whose powerful spirits were called upon by priests. They were kept in sacred places called mea'e and their role was both prophylactic and propitiatory. Smaller basalt tiki sometimes had fastening points in their backs, and ancient testimonies may have claimed that they were immersed in water as fishing sinkers.
This tiki was acquired in 2003 by the Museum of Tahiti and her Islands - Te Fare Manaha. It reportedly comes from Dr. Mugnier’s collection, while he stayed in the Marquesas Islands between 1880 and 1890. Inventory number D2003.2.2
Aku ipo container with tikomo lid, Marquesas Islands. Oceania rosewood - mi'o. Length 33 cm; width 19.2 cm; height 10.5 cm. This type of object made nowadays is called "curios", because it is reserved for sale to foreigners visiting the island. Its stylistic features are characteristic of carving in the Marquesas Islands after the 1880s. According to Rollin, dishes with a lid were used to keep food remains. Some lidded containers of before that time were used to keep the skull of an ancestor, and many were found in funeral caves.
This object became part of the Museum of Papeete’s collection in 1932 under the inventory number 140.
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