Kete. Bag. Woven from rauara (pandanus leaf) strips in plain check. Medium size, flat rectangular shape. Commencement at base. Base closed by sewing machine. Finished at rim in patara (serrated) decorative edge. Single (tatai) handle of braided raurara attached by hand sewing each end to each side of the bag. Colour is natural, with red from the overlaid decorative strips of apuraka (giant swamp taro) that form two bands across the length of the bag (both sides) at upper and lower boundaries of the bag. The overlaid decorative strips form punarua (square standing on one corner) and nahe (fern) motifs with fixing single check rows at top and bottom. Central nahe motif has only room for two steps, not three. Several small bore holes in the bag are evidence of pest activity. Rauara has come unraveled in one corner. Overall fair condition. Inscription in in inside bag at rim "49[illegible]90.2 SAMOA [struck through] and "1017 AITUTAKI Pres BUCK" "1017" written on outside on bag at upper boundary in black ink.