Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Piupiu
Complete piupiu. Flax tags are attached to an approximately 11cm deep waistband. The tags have been sporadically scraped and dyed with paru. The scraped areas form three distinct motifs: lines, dashes and diamonds. From the waistband the motifs repeat in the pattern line, dashes, diamonds, dashes, line. The waistband has a tāniko design of alternating pātikitiki (diamonds) and stars. The waistband is formed of wool with a flax edging along the top. This edge extends to form ties at each end. Each tie has a knot in it.
Provenance Place:
North Otago, Otago, New Zealand
D94.26
Details
- Production Place
- North Otago, Otago, New Zealand
- Provenance Place
- North Otago, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 670mm (26 3/8")
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D94.26
- On Display
- No
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