Kete

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Kete. Bag. For carrying personal items. Kete is woven from natural coloured rauara (pandanus leaf) strips with dyed-black apuraka (giant swamp taro) akamanea (decoration). Rectangular in shape. The kete has a patara (serrated rim). Braided double tatai (handle) attached to rim of kete using light-coloured cotton thread. Tatai is broken. Overlaid dyed-black strips form ata (heart) motifs and are placed horizontally across the middle of the kete. A border of natural-coloured rauara triangles with their apices facing in the right-hand direction sits below the motifs. A row of ara veri (twilled twos) sits below and above the motifs.

Accession number: 1953.186.14 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
Other Name

Bag (English)

Place
Cook Islands
Accession Number

1953.186.14

Accession Date

1953

Other Id

33547.6 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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Kete, 1953.186.14, 33547.6, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 27 Jun 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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