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Kārure

human history
  • Common Name
    cloak
  • Other Name

    karure (Maori)

    cloak (descriptive name)

    Korowai (previously attributed)

  • Description

    Kārure. Cloak, hukahuka. Woven from undyed muka in spaced aho rua with evenly spaced undyed kārure and raurekau dyed hukahuka (unravelled) with one row of tanekaha dyed hukahuka (unravelled), two sets of aho poka, rows of pāheke above the hem kārure fringe and a rolled neck edge with a kārure kurupatu with with short fringes at the corners.

  • Accession Date
    1887
  • Other Id

    284 (ethnology)

    607 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Māori

Kārure, 284, 607, Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • Kārure, 284, 607, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kārure, 284, 607, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kārure, 284, 607, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kārure, 284, 607, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kārure, 284, 607, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kārure, 284, 607, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kārure, 284, 607, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kārure, 284, 607, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kārure, 284, 607, Cultural Permissions Apply

Artefact

  • Technique

    woven

  • Last Update
    23 Jan 2020
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