discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou mat human history Tukua Tirohanga API Kupu whakaahuaTablemat. This is a place mat, double square star shaped, and woven from dark lou akau. Strips of the same width lou akau have been woven to create this star shaped table mat, it is light brown in colour and the surface is slightly polished. Table mats like this are often made for tourist trade and to sell at the local markets and roadsides by local village women in Tonga.WāhiTonga/PacificAccession Number1994.52.2Rā Tāpiringa05 Mar 1994Tohu Tuakiri Kē54719 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete mat, 1994.52.2, 54719, Cultural Permissions Apply Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1994.52.2, 54719Takenga ā-AhureaTonganKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiTonga/PacificTikanga WaihangawovenWaitohu/māka54719; TONGA (handwritten)Pāohopandanus (leaf)/leaf (plant material)/plant materialpandanus (leaf)/leaf (plant material)/plant materialpandanus (fibre)/plant fibre/natural fibre/fibreRaraunga Ine610 x 580mm567mm558mm3mmHuinga KaupapaFibrework/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Taumata whakarōpūMatCeremonial ArtefactsCommunication ArtefactsWhakahounga o Mua08 Sep 2023 E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. Search hua Rapunga hou The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60