discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou bag human history Tukua Tirohanga API Kupu whakaahuaKato Pueki. Bag decorated with pueki shells. This is a flat woven bag with shells decorating the entire outside surface. Lou akau (pandanus leaf) strips are woven into a rectangular shape and then fau (hibiscus) fibres are used to knot together the pueki shells in the sia technique around the outside of the bag. There are two handles, woven and cylindrical shape, attached on the inside of the front and back of the kato. Both the front and back of the kato have pueki shells arranged to make the manulua design. This kato would have been made for the tourist trade.WāhiTafahi/Tonga Outliers/Tonga/PacificAccession Number1976.73Rā Tāpiringa1976Tohu Tuakiri Kē47580 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete bag, 1976.73, 47580, Cultural Permissions Apply Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1976.73, 47580Takenga ā-AhureaTonganWāhiTafahi/Tonga Outliers/Tonga/PacificRāPre 1976Tikanga Waihangaplaited woven shell workWaitohu/māka47580 Tafahi Is. TONGA" (handwritten)Pāohohibiscus (fibre)/plant fibre/natural fibre/fibresnail/shellpandanus (leaf)/leaf (plant material)/plant materialshellpandanus (leaf)/leaf (plant material)/plant material[hibiscus (fibre)]/plant fibre/natural fibre/fibre/AAT MaterialsRaraunga Ine385mm220mm35mm380mm219mm39mmHuinga KaupapaFibrework/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Women/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Taumata whakarōpūBagPersonal GearPersonal ArtefactsWhakahounga o Mua31 Mar 2023 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