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Kete

human history
  • Other Name

    Bag (English)

  • Description

    Kete. Bag. For carrying personal items. Woven from rauara (pandanus leaf) strips with dyed-brown apuraka (giant swamp taro) akamanea (decoration). Flat, rectangular shape. The bag has a patara (serrated) rim. Dyed-brown/red apuraka overlaid strips form surface pattern. The primary pattern is known as viti (vertical lines of check).

    This is placed in-between decorative border rows known as ara veri (diagonal rows of small rectangles), with two rows of check woven below and above the viti pattern. One tatai (handle) woven from natural coloured rauara and dyed-brown apuraka in an iri (braid).

  • Place
    Cook Islands
  • Accession Number
    1954.11.19
  • Accession Date
    15 Jan 1954
  • Other Id

    33700.3 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Kete, 1954.11.19, 33700.3, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 21 Jun 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1954.11.19, 33700.3, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 21 Jun 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1954.11.19, 33700.3, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 21 Jun 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1954.11.19, 33700.3, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 21 Jun 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1954.11.19, 33700.3, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 21 Jun 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1954.11.19, 33700.3, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 21 Jun 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1954.11.19, 33700.3, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 21 Jun 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1954.11.19, 33700.3, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 21 Jun 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1954.11.19, 33700.3, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 21 Jun 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1954.11.19, 33700.3, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 21 Jun 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kete, 1954.11.19, 33700.3, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 21 Jun 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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