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Pareu

human history
  • Other Name

    Waist garment (English)

  • Description

    Pareu ura tatua vaevae. Leg band. Costume that is tied below the knees and worn at festivals and dances. Made from rito (young coconut leaf). Bundles of rito are wrapped and knotted around a single two-ply twisted cotton cord. The rito is dyed-green and dyed-red. The upper half of the leg band is dyed-green and the lower half is dyed red.

  • Place
    Rarotonga/Cook Islands
  • Accession Number
    1932.561
  • Accession Date
    25 Oct 1932
  • Other Id

    50762.2 (ethnology)

    50962 (incorrect number)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Pareu, 1932.561, 50762.2, 50962, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1932.561, 50762.2, 50962, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1932.561, 50762.2, 50962, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1932.561, 50762.2, 50962, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1932.561, 50762.2, 50962, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1932.561, 50762.2, 50962, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1932.561, 50762.2, 50962, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1932.561, 50762.2, 50962, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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