Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Kōkōwai
Piece of kōkōwai wrapped in three layers of kete and kelp. Kōkōwai rests on a bed of feathers and soft fibre and is imprinted with fibre remnants of inner kete. Kete is plaited in over-one, under-one twill, with narrow strands of unscraped plant material. Middle layer is a piece of rigid kelp. Outer layer is a larger, more complete woven piece of kete, curled at the edges and quite rigid, plaited around one edge.
Provenance Place:
Millers Flat, Central Otago District, Otago, New Zealand
D34.965
Details
- Provenance Place
- Millers Flat, Central Otago District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 63 x 49 x 35mm
- Media/Materials
- Kokowai, Ochre, Sedimentary, Rock, inorganic
- Credit Line
- George Rae
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D34.965
- On Display
- No
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