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  • Kupu whakaahua

    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 varying shades of natural coloured fau with small sections of purple dyed fau in between. The fau strips are looped and knotted on a waist length piece of fau which is plaited and knotted at either end to create the ties. The fau strips are left to hang straight and loose.

  • Wāhi
    Tonga/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1982.194
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    31 May 1982
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    50160.3 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

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  • waist garment, 1982.194, 50160.3, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • waist garment, 1982.194, 50160.3, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • waist garment, 1982.194, 50160.3, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • waist garment, 1982.194, 50160.3, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • skirt; dancing; 50160.3; obverse
  • skirt; dancing; 50160.3; obverse detail
  • skirt; dancing; 50160.3; reverse
  • skirt; dancing; 50160.3; reverse detail

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