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Ili lāpotopoto hikifua

human history
  • Other Name

    Fan (English)

  • Description

    Ili lāpotopoto hikifua. Rounded fan with plain edge (i.e. without feathers). Ili are made in different shapes and sizes. The materials used to make them, as well as any embellishments, vary from natural to synthetic and/or a combination of the two. Ili can be used domestically as well as personally and as an accessory.

    This ili is made from tuāniu (coconut midrib), fenū (young coconut fibre) and it is woven into a rounded shape with dyed purple kanava (Cordata subcordata) bark on the outside edges. The kau (handle) is cylindrical in shape and decorated with black dyed laukie (kie fibre). The front and back of each side are also decorated with overlaid dyed laukie.

  • Place
    Tokelau Islands/Polynesia/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1976.73
  • Accession Date
    1976
  • Other Id

    47591 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Ili lāpotopoto hikifua, 1976.73, 47591, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ili lāpotopoto hikifua, 1976.73, 47591, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ili lāpotopoto hikifua, 1976.73, 47591, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ili lāpotopoto hikifua, 1976.73, 47591, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ili lāpotopoto hikifua, 1976.73, 47591, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ili lāpotopoto hikifua, 1976.73, 47591, Cultural Permissions Apply

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