Tuluma (fishing tackle box)

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Tuluma (fishing tackle box)

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This is a tuluma, a wooden box used by fishermen from Tokelau to keep their fishing gear, cigarettes and other personal items dry while they are at sea. On land, tuluma are used as storage containers in the home, and sometimes presented as gifts and souvenirs to visitors from overseas. Construction Tuluma come in many sizes from the small examples that can sit in an outstretched hand, to the very large tuluma requiring two hands to carry. A distinctive feature of tuluma is a tightly fitting ...

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Image

Date created

1986

Creator

Mafutaga Tupulaga Tokelau Porirua

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/84646

Related subjects

wood / fibre / sennit / toolboxes / woodcarving / Tokelau Islands / Polynesian / Tokelauan / Whanganui

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