Iri
human history
Iri. Fan. Woven from drau ni niu (coconut leaflet) and sasa (midrib) of natural colour, incorporated with somo (black dyed strips of voivoi, or pandanus), with a wooden handle lashed with magimagi (sennit). Commencement from base of blade and woven out in a horizontal twill altering to a vertical twill to complete the blade. Blade is triangular in shape. Strip of somo decorating upper area, near edge, of blade. Strips of somo is also incoporated into the lashing.
Accession number: 1926.193 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
- Collection Area
- —
- akm.collections.field_type_title_label
- —
- Te reo Name
- —
- Common Name
- —
- Other Name
-
Fan (English)
- Other Name Type
- —
- Description
- —
- Place
- Fiji
- Associated Place
- —
- Field Collection Place
- —
- Field Collection Site
- —
- Collection Date
- —
- Field Collection Date
- —
- Accession Number
-
1926.193
- Accession Date
-
01 Sep 1926
- Other Id
-
10149 (ethnology)
- Other Id Type
- —
- Department
- Display Room
- —
- Restriction
- —
- Type
- —
9 Images
