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Kete

human history
  • Other Name

    Bag (English)

  • Description

    Kete. Bag. Used for carrying personal items. Large, flat, rectangular shape. Made from rauara (pandanus leaf) woven in check. Commencement at base. Bottom of the kete is closed off by machine sewing. The rim is finished in patara (serrated edge). Natural colour, with dyed-red/brown overlaid strips of apuraka (stalk of the giant swamp taro) along the upper boundary as akamanea (decorative) band running along its length.

    Fragile single tatai (handle) made of pandanus into iri taki a (4-ply braid) attached to the kete by hand sewing.

  • Place
    Cook Islands
  • Accession Number
    1985.336
  • Accession Date
    23 Sep 1985
  • Other Id

    51917 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Kete, 1985.336, 51917, Kete, 1984.10, 50702, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 04 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.336, 51917, Kete, 1984.10, 50702, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 04 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.336, 51917, Kete, 1984.10, 50702, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 04 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.336, 51917, Kete, 1984.10, 50702, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 04 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.336, 51917, Kete, 1984.10, 50702, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 04 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.336, 51917, Kete, 1984.10, 50702, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 04 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.336, 51917, Kete, 1984.10, 50702, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 04 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.336, 51917, Kete, 1984.10, 50702, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 04 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.336, 51917, Kete, 1984.10, 50702, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 04 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.336, 51917, Kete, 1984.10, 50702, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 04 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.336, 51917, Kete, 1984.10, 50702, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 04 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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