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Kete

human history
  • Other Name

    Bag (English)

  • Description

    Kete. Bag. For carrying personal items. Woven from rauara (pandanus leaf) strips with overlaid dyed-brown/red apuraka (giant swamp taro) akamanea (decoration). Commencement at base. Bottom closed up with an iri taki toru (3-ply braid) inside the bag. Rim of kete is woven into patara (serrated) decorative edge. Single braided tatai (handle) attached transverse made of rauara with one strip of dyed-brown/red apuraka worked in to create decorative effect.

    Pattern of two chevrons on the body of the kete, each facing away from each other. Dyed-brown/red overlaid apuraka (eight strips side by side) to make the chevrons.

  • Place
    Ngatangiia/Rarotonga/Cook Islands Avana/Ngatangiia/Rarotonga/Cook Islands
  • Accession Number
    1985.339
  • Accession Date
    23 Sep 1985
  • Other Id

    51920 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Kete, 1985.339, 51920, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.339, 51920, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.339, 51920, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.339, 51920, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.339, 51920, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.339, 51920, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.339, 51920, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.339, 51920, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.339, 51920, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.339, 51920, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.339, 51920, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1985.339, 51920, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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