Kete
human history
Kete. Bag. Kete kikau. Used for storing personal items. Woven from kikau ou (young coconut leaf). Kikau (coconut leaves) woven in diagonal 3/3 twill. Weaving is wider at the rim and narrower at the base. Commencement at rim and finished at base in an iri taki toru (three ply braid) on the outside of kete. Natural colour.
Accession number: 1924.183 Last Update: 13 May 2025
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Bag (English)
Kete kikau (Cook Islands)
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- Rarotonga/Cook Islands
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1924.183
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22 Aug 1924
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3863 (ethnology)
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