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Korowai, whakaheke

human history
  • Common Name
    cloak
  • Other Name

    korowai flax mat (ethnology card & register)

    korowai whakahekeheke (ethnology card & register)

    flax mat or cloak (descriptive name)

    Korowai (previously attributed)

  • Description

    Korowai, whakaheke. Cloak, hukahuka. Woven from undyed muka in spaced aho pātahi with paru dyed hukahuka in bands of vertical rows with mumu setup within, side and hem fringe borders, two sets of aho poka and rolled neck edge with a hukahuka kurupatu and short fringes at the corners.

  • Accession Date
    1901
  • Other Id

    817 (ethnology)

    897 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Māori

Korowai, whakaheke, 817, 897, Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • Korowai, whakaheke, 817, 897, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Korowai, whakaheke, 817, 897, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Korowai, whakaheke, 817, 897, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Korowai, whakaheke, 817, 897, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Korowai, whakaheke, 817, 897, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Korowai, whakaheke, 817, 897, Cultural Permissions Apply

Artefact

  • Technique

    woven

  • Last Update
    23 Jan 2020
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