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Kete

human history
  • Other Name

    Bag (English)

  • Description

    Kete. Bag. For carrying personal items. Woven from processed rauara (pandanus leaf) strips in plain check pattern with red cloth akamanea (decorative) overlay. Commencement at base, iri (braid) inside the kete. Patara (serrated) edge finish at rim. Two overlaid dyed-red cloth decorative bands span the length of the upper and lower boundaries of the kete in a continuous rau nahe (fern) motif. Single cord tatai (handle) overlaid with red cloth strip overlaid.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1979.233
  • Accession Date
    07 Dec 1979
  • Other Id

    48658 (ethnology)

  • Department
Kete, 1979.233, 48658, Photographed by Jennifer Carol,… … Read more

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