Lau kafa

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Laukafa. Bundle of fibre. Processed by Pou Poasa. This laukafa is medium brown in colour, the strands are approximately the same length and are coarse. This laukafa was harvested from a niu agalele (type of coconut) which is old in age. The strands are often plaited or rolled together to create long kafa (coconut sennit cordage) which have many uses such as lashing materials together.

Accession number: 1970.208 Last Update: 11 Sept 2019
Other Name

Bundle of fibre (English)

Place
Fakaofo/Tokelau Islands/Polynesia/Pacific
Accession Number

1970.208

Accession Date

1970

Other Id

43875 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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