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Kete

human history
  • Other Name

    Bag (English)

  • Description

    Kete. Bag. For carrying personal items. Woven from rauara (pandanus leaf) with overlaid dyed-red/brown apuraka (giant swamp taro) akamanea (decoration). Rectangular in shape. The kete has a patara (serrated) rim. The pattern consists of hetu matariki (motif in the shape of a 'little star') encased within a square box known as piha rikiriki (square defined by lines with coloured space within).

    Rows of punarua (row of natural coloured squares, each standing on one corner) and viti (vertical lines of check) surround each individual square. Evidence of a tatai (handle) that has broken off.

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

    48659 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Kete, 1979.233, 48659, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1979.233, 48659, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1979.233, 48659, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1979.233, 48659, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1979.233, 48659, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1979.233, 48659, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1979.233, 48659, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1979.233, 48659, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1979.233, 48659, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1979.233, 48659, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1979.233, 48659, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 May 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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