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sperm whale

Nguru – flutes from sperm whale teeth

When a sperm whale strands it’s a major event. For Māori it is sometimes seen as a tohu, or sign of something significant.Read more

2008-04-07
By: Te Papa
On: 7 Apr 2008
In: Māori

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