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Bailer

Bailer

Bailer

Often the bailer (tatā, tīheru or tā wai) was beautifully carved, and some were given a name. In canoe traditions, tribal members still name the bailers used on the original voyaging canoes from Polynesia.

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Auckland War Memorial Museum
Reference: 266a

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