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waist garment

human history
  • Description

    Manafau. Dancing skirt. Manafau are skirts worn to perform in by both men and women and children, they are made from fau (hibiscus) fibre and there are different variations of manafau depending on the maker, the wearer, and the village they hail from. The most basic manafau are made from natural coloured fau but there are others with embellishments such as dyed fau, decorated waistbands etc.

    This manafau is made from natural coloured fau, the strips are all looped and knotted on to a longer strip of fau which makes up the upper waistband. Directly underneath this is a thick waistband of brown and white pueki shells which make up the manulua design. The pueki shells are attached together using the sia technique. The fau strips are left to hang down and loose.

  • Place
    Tonga/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1986.105
  • Accession Date
    May 1986
  • Other Id

    52050 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

waist garment, 1986.105, 52050, Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • waist garment, 1986.105, 52050, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • waist garment, 1986.105, 52050, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • waist garment, 1986.105, 52050, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • waist garment, 1986.105, 52050, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • waist garment, 1986.105, 52050, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • waist garment, 1986.105, 52050, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • skirt; dancing; 52050; obverse
  • skirt; dancing; 52050; obverse detail
  • skirt; dancing; 52050; reverse
  • skirt; dancing; 52050; reverse detail

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