Pare

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Other Name
Hat (English)
Description
Pare. Hat. Made from rito (young coconut leaf). Commencement is from the top of the crown and woven out in check altering to a lace pattern at the sides through to the edges of the brim. Rito strips and tassles are interwoven into the edges of the brim. Decorating the top of the crown is a rito woven cylindrical shape with strips of rito surrounding its sides and top. Two pipi (shellfish) shells are threaded atop the decoration using strips of rito. Natural in colour.
Place
Manihiki/Cook Islands
Accession Number
1972.97
Accession Date
30 May 1972
Other Id
45469.2 (ethnology)
Department
Pacific

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Credit Line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1972.97, 45469.2
Cultural Origin
Manihiki
Primary Maker
Unknown (Maker)
Place
Manihiki/Cook Islands
Date
Circa 1972
Technique
woven

plaited

carved
Signature/marks
45469.2 (handwritten)
Media
coconut leaf/leaf (plant material)/plant material
coconut (fibre)/plant fibre/natural fibre/fibre
wood/plant material
plastic/organic material
metal/inorganic material
wire/inorganic material
Measurement Reading
900mm
600mm
600mm
Classification
Hat
Headwear
Clothing
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20 Sep 2018

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