Tairiiri. Fan. Composite tairiiri with blade woven from kikau ou (coconut leaf), with apuraka (giant swamp taro) overlaid akamanea (decoration), kiriau (hibiscus fibre) akaververe (fringe), and rakau (wooden) mauranga (handle). The blade is in the shape of an inverted triangle. The blade is is appoximately 30mm wide. Woven commencement at centre base. Woven out in 2/2 twill from the centre to form lower and upper edges, and sides of blade. The top of the blade is decorated with strips of dyed-orange apuraka, and completed with dyed-red kiriau akaverevere across the top of the blade. Some of the kiriau fibres have also been interwoven into top of tairiiri. Pink/red colour stain visible near top of tairiiri. Approximately 220mm of the rakau mauranga is inserted into the blade. "10138" is handwritten in white ink on the mauranga. Good condition.