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Bag of hair

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Bag of hair, 2017, New Zealand, by Kenneth Tuai. Gift of Kenneth Tuai, 2017. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (FE013170). The hair stored in this bag belongs to Kenneth Tuai. In 2011, at the funeral of his father Tēvita Tofavaha Tuai, Kenneth cut his hair as part of the mourning rituals performed in the Tongan community. The hair is part of a small group of funerary garments, mats and other items associated with his father's funeral and now part of Te ...
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2017
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New Zealand
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