Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
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Sample of muka (flax fiber) cloth. Decorated with mawhitiwhiti (woven cross stitch pattern work), decorative 3 looped whenu cast on, and a decorative border frill finish. Woven using whatu aho rua (two-pair weft-twining).
Provenance Place:
Rāpaki, Banks Peninsula District, Canterbury, New Zealand
D21.236
Details
- Provenance Place
- Rāpaki, Banks Peninsula District, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 280mm (11")
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr Herries Beattie, Tūhura Otago Museum Collection
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Main Department
- Taoka Māori
- Secondary Department
- Kā mahi a te whare pora
- Accession Number
- D21.236
- On Display
- No
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