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  • Other Name

    Woman's Dance Costume (English)

  • Description

    More. Highly decorated woman's dance costume consisting of a more (dance skirt), tapa cloth bandeau, and headdress. The more is made from purau (hibiscus fibre) dyed a vibrant red with a waistband of tapa cloth that is natural in colour and decorated with brown pūpū (shells), brightly coloured rosettes of alternating orange and green coloured purau, and lower hanging 'bunting' made with seeds and tassels of bright orange purau.

    The papa titi (strapless bandeau) and its ties are made with tapa cloth onto which similar decorative elements are attached (brown and yellow pūpū, orange and green fringed rosettes of purau). The hei tāne (headdress) incorporates all of the decorative elements previously mentioned, constructed as a round headband covered in the natural tapa cloth with a 'bridge' feature across the diameter of the headband adding extra height overall which is decorated with fringed purau of alternating red and orange colours. Two hanging tassels of seeds and orange purau are attached at each side of it.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    2004.126.1
  • Accession Date
    03 Dec 2004
  • Other Id

    56254 (ethnology)

    56255 (ethnology)

    56256 (ethnology)

  • Department
dance costume, 2004.126.1, 56254, 56255, 56256, Photographed… … Read more

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