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Tairiiri

human history
  • Other Name

    Fan (English)

  • Description

    Tairiiri. Fan. Composite tairiiri woven from kikau ou (young coconut leaf) with apuraka (giant swamp taro) akamanea (decorative) overlay, attached to a carved mauranga (handle) rakau (wooden) and lashed with dyred-red puru akari (coconut sennit). The blade is in shape of an inverted triangle. Overlaid dyed-red apuraka akamanea is slightly patara (serrated) in design. Plaited commencement at centre base of the blade. Woven out in check.

    Patara edges across all edges of the blade. Mostly natural colour with dyed-red overlaid strips of apuraka decorating the top of the blade. Faces of the blade are not identical as only one face is decorated with overlaid strips of apuraka. Blade is attached to a light natural coloured mauranga rakau and lashed at the centre base of the blade with cotton thread.

  • Place
    Aitutaki/Cook Islands
  • Accession Number
    1931.7
  • Accession Date
    06 Jan 1931
  • Other Id

    13954 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Tairiiri, 1931.7, 13954, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 15 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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