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Titi

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Waistband (English)

    Waist garment (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Pareu. Skirt. Made from a combination of natural fibres and fabric. The entire body of the skirt is made from kiriau (hibiscus fibre) with the waist section decorated with white fabric.

    The front section of the skirt is further embellished with the top band decorated with alternate square sections in blue and white comprising of four union jack flags and three stars, and the eight triangular sections along the bottom decorated with rectangular small red, yellow and blue striped rectangular shapes with natural coloured kiriau and puka seed tassels hanging at the tips .

  • Wāhi
  • Wāhi Hāngai
  • Accession Number
    2015.101.2
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    26 Nov 2015
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    56765.2 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
Titi, 2015.101.2, 56765.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales,… … Read more

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