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Hue HC230


Two carved and painted hue (also known as tahā).

Hue (Polynesian bottle gourds) had many uses, including storing water and preserved food.

The earliest evidence of hue (gourds) is in archaeological sites in Peru dating back to 13,000 BC and Thailand sites in 11,000 BC.  Gourds have had numerous uses including musical instruments, tools, decorative objects; food, water and food vessels. 

Hue were brought to Aotearoa on the waka hourua by the Polynesian ancestors of Māori who made Aotearoa their home.

Hue grow on vines (taking around 100 days to grow), and are then dried out before being used as vessels or ornaments. It can take anywhere from a few weeks to six months for the gourd to dry out ready for use.

https://teara.govt.nz/en/nga-tupu-mai-i-hawaiki-plants-from-polynesia/page-2

https://natlib.govt.nz/schools/tuia-matauranga/voyaging-through-nz-histories/maori-settlement-and-society

Why not use these hue to teach about :

Te Pūrākau o Taurikura

> Te Pūrākau o Taurikura from Te Tai Whanake > Ngāti Ranginui 'Stories of the Land' https://ngatiranginuittw.co.nz/huria-marae/

>Map of Taurikura's haerenga (journey)

https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/8335?keywords=

The Battle of Pukehinahina Gate Pā

> http://www.battleofgatepa.com/quick-history

The Waka Hourua

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/633-waka-hourua

Included with these hue are laminated photos of

-a painting from Te Pakanga o Pukehinahina - Colonel Booth being given water from a gourd https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/lieutenant-colonel-booth-gate-pa

-photo of the gourd stone carving (related to the pūrākau of Taurikura) on the corner of Spring St and Grey St, Tauranga CBD 

-a gourd growing on a vine

-a hue from Canterbury Museum https://teara.govt.nz/en/object/1789/a-gourd-used-by-maori

Date: 21st century

maximum dimension: 30cm

subject area: Social Science, Science, The Arts, PE and Health

subject themes: plants, gardening, Aotearoa Histories, māori, calabash

handling collection number: HC230

Why not get your hands on : 

Te pūrākau o Taurikura teacher resource HC278>https://www.handsontauranga.co.nz/hot-items/taonga-maori-plus-taonga-pasifika/te-purakau-o-taurikura-hc278/

Battle of Gate Pā flag HC44 > https://www.handsontauranga.co.nz/hot-items/te-tiriti-o-waitangi-the-treaty-of-waitangi/battle-of-pukehinahina-gate-pa-flag-hc44/

Images, Battle of Pukehinahina HC161 > https://www.handsontauranga.co.nz/hot-items/nga-toi-the-arts/images-battle-of-pukehinahina-hc161/

Those Magnificent Voyagers of the Pacific picture book > https://www.handsontauranga.co.nz/hot-items/nga-toi-the-arts/those-magnificent-voyagers-of-the-pacific-picture-book-hc267/

 

 

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