Kete

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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.

Accession number: 1953.186.19 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
Other Name

Bag (English)

Place
Cook Islands
Accession Number

1953.186.19

Accession Date

1953

Other Id

33548.3 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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Kete, 1953.186.19, 33548.3, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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