Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Cloak, Kahu Huruhuru
Complete kahu huruhuru with kereru feather, flax fibre and wool. Manufactured with whatu aho rua technique (two-pair weft-twining). The first and the last whenu along the left and right edges are pink and blue wool thread twisted together. Kereru feather attached singly (a aho/2) in green and white vertical stripes. The kurupatu (fringe collar) is made with white feather. There are no ties. There is a small area of repair along the top at one edge.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D40.108
Details
- Production Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 1040mm (40 15/16")
- Media/Materials
- pigeon feather, feather, animal, organic, flax, fibre, vegetal, wool, textile, processed material
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D40.108
- On Display
- No
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