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Kete

human history
  • Other Name

    Basket

  • Description

    Kete. Coiled basket. Woven from rauara (pandanus leaf). Round shape with oval base. Coiled rauara around kikau ou (coconut midrib) frame. Commencement from the base. Finished in a coiled rim. Mostly natural colour with dyed-red apuraka (giant swamp taro) akamanea (decorative) motifs overlaid on either side of the kete - consisting of a heart motif with a diamond on either side.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1993.134
  • Accession Date
    07 Jul 1993
  • Other Id

    54576 (ethnology)

  • Department
Kete, 1993.134, 54576, Photographed by Jennifer Carol,… … Read more

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