discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Tairiiri human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēFan (English)Kupu whakaahuaTairiiri. Fan. Composite tairiiri woven from rauara (pandanus leaf) woven over a mauranga (handle) rakau (wooden). The blade is in shape of a diamond. Plaited commencement at centre, and woven out in check to form lower edge and sides of blade. Blade completed with taki rua ara vivi (double-layered rim, approximately 20mm) sewn into blade using threads of rauara. Blade terminates at single apex. Blade decorated with basic designs woven with strands of natural-coloured rauara. Faces of the blade are not identical. Other side differs in that the pattern is slightly different in shape. Blade is attached to a shaped mauranga rakau with strands of rauara woven in check covering the mauranga. Weaving over mauranga is finished with tie off past the end of the mauranga with strands of rauara extending past the tie off. Made by pupil of Atiu High School.WāhiAtiu/Cook IslandsWāhi HāngaiAtiu/Cook IslandsAccession Number1986.2Rā Tāpiringa21 Jan 1986Tohu Tuakiri Kē52002 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Tairiiri, 1986.2, 52002, Photographed by Jennifer Carol,… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1986.2, 52002Takenga ā-AhureaCook IslandsKaiwaihanga Matua unknown (Maker)WāhiAtiu/Cook IslandsRāPre 1986Wāhi HāngaiAtiu/Cook IslandsTikanga Waihangacarved plaited wovenWaitohu/māka52002 ATIU (handwritten)Pāohopandanus (leaf)/leaf (plant material)/plant materialwood/plant materialRaraunga Ine450mm250mm20mmTaumata whakarōpūFanPersonal Assistive ArtefactsPersonal GearPersonal Artefacts Fan, HandPersonal Assistive ArtifactsPersonal Gear03 Personal ArtifactsWhakahounga o Mua20 Sep 2018 Tūemi e whai hononga Ngā hua o DigitalNZ Tivaevae manu, tairiiri (fans) pattern, by Kimiora Samuel Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Mea e whai hononga ai 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