discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou dress, dance human history Tukua Tirohanga API Kupu whakaahuaTeunga faiva. Dance costume. This teunga is made from dyed and natural coloured fau (hibiscus) fibres. The bodice part of this teunga is knotted in the sia technique, the straps are woven fau strips. The straps and edges of the bodice have extra woven fau, natural in colour, attached decoratively on top. Around the bodice there are rosettes sewn on in various places as embellishment. At the bottom edge of the bodice, the fau strips hang loose all around and this makes up the bottom half of the teunga. This teunga would have been worn by females during a particular faiva.WāhiTonga/PacificAccession Number1977.21Rā Tāpiringa1977Tohu Tuakiri Kē48089 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete dress, dance, 1977.21, 48089, Cultural Permissions Apply Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1977.21, 48089Takenga ā-AhureaTonganKaiwaihanga Matua not known (Maker)WāhiTonga/PacificRāUnknownTikanga Waihangawoven hand knottedWā20th centuryWaitohu/māka48089 TONGA Pres "48089 TONGA" (handwritten)Pāohohibiscus (fibre)/plant fibre/natural fibre/fibrepandanus (leaf)/leaf (plant material)/plant materialRaraunga Ine1000 x 380mm1010mm410mmHuinga KaupapaWomen/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Performing Arts/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Taumata whakarōpūCostume, DanceDance ArtefactsCeremonial ArtefactsCommunication ArtefactsWhakahounga o Mua10 Dec 2020 E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. Search hua Rapunga hou The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60