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Cook Islands drums – old and new (Cook Islands Language Week 2013)

In this fourth blogpost of Te Epetoma o te Reo Māori Kuki Airani – Cook Islands Māori Language week, we look at two drums from the Cook Islands acquired by the museum at the beginning and end of the twentieth century. The first  is a pa’u mango (small skin drum) from the Cook Islands. In theRead more

2013-08-08
By: Sean Mallon
On: 8 Aug 2013
In: Pacific

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