Kete
Kete. Bag. For carrying personal items. Kete is woven from natural coloured rauara (pandanus leaf) strips with dyed-red and dyed-orange apuraka (giant swamp taro) overlaid design. The kete has a patara (serrated) decorative rim. Overlaid dyed-red/brown and dyed-orange apuraka strips form surface patterns across both sides of the kete. The patterns consists of what is known as hetu matariki (motif consisting of a set of four natural-coloured dextrals in the shape of a star), punarua (row of natural coloured squares, each standing on one corner), and natural-coloured triangles known as tupuae mokora/vaevae mokora. A single braided tatai (handle) with natural coloured rauara and dyed-red/brown apuraka strips spans the kete's opening.
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- Te reo Name
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Bag (English)
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- Description
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- Place
- Cook Islands
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- Field Collection Place
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- Field Collection Site
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- Accession Number
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1953.186.19
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1953
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33548.3 (ethnology)
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- Display Room
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