Akatautau
human history
Akatautau. Tassels. Twenty-one tassels. The tassels are made of kiriau (strips of hibiscus fibre) threaded through ua puka seeds (Lantern tree/Hernandia seeds). The kiriau (hibiscus fires) of ten of the akatautau (tassels) are dyed-red. Eleven of the akatautau (tassels) are dyed-blue.
Accession number: 1974.147 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
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Tassels (English)
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- Rarotonga/Cook Islands
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1974.147
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29 Nov 1974
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46645 (ethnology)
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