Pūtātara
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The pūtātara is a type of trumpet used by the Māori people of New Zealand
. It is customarily made with a carved wooden mouthpiece and a bell made from New Zealand's small native conch
shells (Charonia lampas rubicunda) or triton shell (Triton australis). Larger pūtātara were particularly prized as the triton shell was rarely found and only sometimes washed up on the beaches in the Far North.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. It is customarily made with a carved wooden mouthpiece and a bell made from New Zealand's small native conch
Conch
A conch is a common name which is applied to a number of different species of medium-sized to large sea snails or their shells, generally those which are large and have a high spire and a siphonal canal....
shells (Charonia lampas rubicunda) or triton shell (Triton australis). Larger pūtātara were particularly prized as the triton shell was rarely found and only sometimes washed up on the beaches in the Far North.
External Links
- http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/search.aspx?term=putataraPūtātara in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa TongarewaMuseum of New Zealand Te Papa TongarewaThe Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national museum and art gallery of New Zealand, located in Wellington. It is branded and commonly known as Te Papa and Our Place; "Te Papa Tongarewa" is broadly translatable as "the place of treasures of this land".The museum's principles...
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