Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Bag

Single poha (kelp bag) made of rimurapa (bull kelp). A piece of wire remains at the top possibly used as a tie. Made from a species of yellow bull kelp harvested from the southern oceans in the warmer months. They were cut vertically and a hand was used to part the honeycomb partitions within the kelp to make the interior. The bag was then inflated and tied to dry/cure. Poha were frequently used by southern Maori to store and preserve salted titi (mutton bird) and other food sources.

Provenance Place:
Invercargill, Invercargill City, Southland, New Zealand

D21.238

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