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Kete

human history
  • Other Name

    Bag (English)

    Kete kikau (Cook Islands)

  • Description

    Kete. Bag. Kete kikau. Used for storing personal items. Woven from kikau ou (young coconut leaf). Kikau (coconut leaves) woven in diagonal 3/3 twill. Weaving is wider at the rim and narrower at the base. Commencement at rim and finished at base in an iri taki toru (three ply braid) on the outside of kete. Natural colour.

  • Place
  • Associated Place
  • Accession Number
    1924.183
  • Accession Date
    22 Aug 1924
  • Other Id

    3863 (ethnology)

  • Department
Kete, 1924.183, 3863, Photographed by Jennifer Carol,… … Read more

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