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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 apuraka (giant swamp taro) akamanea (decoration). The kete has a patara (serrated) decorative edge. Overlaid dyed-red diagonal cross-like patterns along upper area of kete. Overlaid patterns on the middle of kete consisting of dyed-red apuraka strips form chequered vertical zig-zagged rows that alternate with natural-coloured strips of rauara.

    Single wide interwoven tatai (handle) woven from dyed-red apuraka and natural-coloured rauara strips. Originally gfted in 1932.

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

    48686 (ethnology)

  • Department
Kete, 1979.233, 48686, Photographed by Jennifer Carol,… … Read more

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