Taonga
Taonga
Rārangi Mihi
Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1919.30, 13169
Kuputuhi e Wātea Tūmatanui ana
Warriors in close combat wore a complete te otanga like this one to protect them from swords and spears lined with sharks' teeth. Fashioned from tough coconut fibre, it shows motifs of dolphins and other marine animals worked in with human hair.
Kaiwaihanga Matua
Wāhi
Rā
Unknown
Pāoho
Raraunga Ine
1900mm (from end of trousers to top of head guard (not including puffer fish helmet))
675mm (widest point from arm cuff to arm cuff)
300mm (underarm from front to back chest)
Taumata whakarōpū
Whakahounga o Mua
04 Apr 2022
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