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Tapora

human history
  • Other Name

    Kikau (Cook Islands)

    Coconut Frond Basket (English)

    Bag (English)

  • Description

    Tapora. Coconut frond basket. Used to carry cooked food or other items. Usually used temporarily and discarded after use. Woven from kikau (coconut frond). Commencement from split midrib rim. Finished at base in an iri (braid) with extra iri length tucked into the tapora inside. Woven in check quadrangluar shape. Natural colour.

  • Place
    Aitutaki/Cook Islands
  • Associated Place

    Aitutaki/Cook Islands

  • Field Collection Date
    1926
  • Accession Number
    1927.117
  • Accession Date
    1927
  • Other Id

    995.1 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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Images

  • Tapora, 1927.117, 995.1, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 01 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tapora, 1927.117, 995.1, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 01 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tapora, 1927.117, 995.1, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 01 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tapora, 1927.117, 995.1, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 01 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tapora, 1927.117, 995.1, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 01 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tapora, 1927.117, 995.1, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 01 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tapora, 1927.117, 995.1, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 01 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tapora, 1927.117, 995.1, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 01 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tapora, 1927.117, 995.1, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 01 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tapora, 1927.117, 995.1, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 01 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tapora, 1927.117, 995.1, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 01 Jul 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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