discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou More human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēWaist Garment (English)Kupu whakaahuaMore. Waist garment. Woven using fau strips. The waistband consists of bundles of fau strips that are wrapped and knotted around a base of made of strips of fau. The waistband is emphasised with two sets of fau strips woven across the width of the waistband, with strips of fau woven across the upper area of the waistband forming a criss-cross pattern. A row of red seeds are bored and threaded onto nylon wire which is handsewn, using strips of fau, across the upper area of the waistband. There is another row of bored and threaded red seeds, which has been arranged to form a wave/zigzag like pattern near the middle area of the garment. The remaining body of the garment consists of loose strips of fau. There are five ties, 2-ply, at each end of the waistband. There are five sets of tassels, with each set consisting of two tassels made of strips of fau. Three brown coloured poreho (cowrie shells) with white speckle, are woven across the upper area of the waistband using fau strips. A velcrWāhiTahiti/Society Islands/French Polynesia/PacificAccession Number1965.136Rā Tāpiringa23 Dec 1965Tohu Tuakiri Kē37871 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete More, 1965.136, 37871, Cultural Permissions Apply Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1965.136, 37871Takenga ā-AhureaTahitian/Society IslandsKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiTahiti/Society Islands/French Polynesia/PacificRāPre 1965Tikanga Waihangaplaited woven sewn BoredWaitohu/māka37871 (handwritten)Pāohohibiscus (fibre)/plant fibre/natural fibre/fibreseed/plant materialshellRaraunga Ine241.3mm250mm (drop)560mm (no ties)Taumata whakarōpūClothing, OuterwearPersonal ArtefactsWhakahounga o Mua15 Nov 2023 Tūemi e whai hononga Ngā hua o DigitalNZ $200 Prize Gisborne Photo News Doris More Lusk, September 1973 Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage Doris More Lusk on the eve of her retirement from the University of Canterbury art school, 1981 Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage Doris Lusk discusses paintings Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage Doris Lusk teaching pottery Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage Mea e whai hononga ai 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