Kete

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Kete. Bag. For carrying personal items. Woven from rauara (pandanus leaf) strips. Flat, rectangular shape. Woven in plain check incorporating one row of horizontal 2/2 twill row and similar twill row beneath it. Commencement at base and finished at the rim in a patara (serrated) decorative edge. Two tatai (handles) of rauara attached. Kete is natural in colour.

Accession number: 1927.124 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
Other Name

Bag (English)

Field Collection Date

1926

Accession Number

1927.124

Accession Date

23 Jun 1927

Other Id

1016 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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Kete, 1927.124, 1016, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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