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Fishhook Tab

Taoka Māori

D20.842

Middle piece of tab

Fishhook Tab

Taoka Māori

D20.843

Middle piece of tab

Fishhook Tab

Taoka Māori

D20.844

Middle piece of tab

Fishhook Tab

Taoka Māori

D20.845

Middle piece of tab

Fishhook Tab

Taoka Māori

D20.846

Middle piece of tab

Fishhook Tab

Taoka Māori

D20.847

Middle piece of tab

Fishhook Tab

Taoka Māori

D20.848

Middle piece of tab

Fishhook Tab

Taoka Māori

D20.849

Middle piece of tab

Fishhook Tab

Taoka Māori

D20.850

Middle piece of tab

Fishhook Tab

Taoka Māori

D20.851

Middle piece of tab

Fishhook Tab

Taoka Māori

D20.852

Middle piece of tab

Fishhook Tab

Taoka Māori

D20.853

Middle piece of tab

Fishhook point fragment

Taoka Māori

D20.854

Broken curved fishhook point, with base and part of shaft remaining.

Shank fragment

Taoka Māori

D20.855

Broken shank with head, knob and part of shaft remaining.

Fishhook fragment

Taoka Māori

D20.856

Broken fishhook, curved base portion remaining, possibly from one-piece fishhook point.

Shank fragment

Taoka Māori

D20.857

Broken shank, with only base remaining.

Fishhook Tab

Taoka Māori

D20.858

Middle piece of tab

Fishhook Tab

Taoka Māori

D20.859

Middle piece of tab

Paua, Kōkōwai

Taoka whakarākei

D2006.15

Paua shell containing ground kōkōwai (red ochre). Perforation drilled at one end.

Cloak, Korowai

Kā mahi a te whare pora

D2007.6

Complete korowai (cloak with twisted tags). The kaupapa (main body) is flax with twisted whenu (strands) tags added across the surface. The side borders are ornamented with paru-dyed flax and edged with feathers. The weft strands of the side borders are alternating blocks of red and green wool, and blocks of natural fibre. The bottom of the side panels have degraded and much of the dyed flax has been lost. The bottom edge of the kaupapa is ornamented by a tasselled woollen edging alternating dark purple, brown, yellow and cream. Woven into the base of the kaupapa are five whenu (strands) of wool, alternating red and dark purple, finishing with a whiri (plait) of red and green woven together. The top edge is ornamented with whenu of both wool and flax and a flax tasselling. At the top corners additional coloured wool tags have been added, along with longer flax tags for securing the garment.