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Pareu

human history
  • Other Name

    Waist garment (English)

  • Description

    Pareu. Dance skirt. Composite materials. Skirt is made up of multiple strands of kiriau (hibiscus fibre) thickly layered. At the top of the skirt is the waistband with decorative elements across the width. Deocrative elements include: poepoe seeds, matakoviri seeds, puka seeds with kiriau tassles, white tungangi shells, red and yellow pupu shells, and raroara shells. Golden natural colour.

  • Place
    Cook Islands
  • Associated Place

    Cook Islands

  • Accession Number
    1994.52.5
  • Accession Date
    05 Mar 1994
  • Other Id

    54722 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Pareu, 1994.52.5, 54722, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1994.52.5, 54722, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1994.52.5, 54722, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1994.52.5, 54722, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1994.52.5, 54722, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1994.52.5, 54722, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1994.52.5, 54722, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1994.52.5, 54722, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1994.52.5, 54722, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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