Te riri
human history
Plant fibre from a repurposed te riri (dance skirt). The fibres are brittle and fine. They have been processed and possibly dyed to achieve their dark brown colour. Strands of the fibre are strung and knotted onto a central cord of te kora (coconut sennit). The fibres were originally intended to make a riri, but this garment has been repurposed to be used for keeping rats out of the eel trap associated with this object (24479.1).
Accession number: 1939.98 Last Update: 15 Aug 2019
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- Te reo Name
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- Other Name
Dance skirt (English)
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- Description
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- Place
- Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
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- Field Collection Place
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- Accession Number
1939.98
- Accession Date
17 May 1939
- Other Id
24479.2 (ethnology)
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- Department
- Display Room
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