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Te baiaitoa

human history
  • Other Name

    Woven cap (English)

  • Description

    Te Baiaitoa. Woven cap. This is a triangular cap, shaped like a pyramid form when worn upon the head. It has been made with dark brown human hair and te ira (pandanus leaf). The pyramid style cap features a point towards the centre. The side facing the back when worn, is longer in length compared to the front of the cap. Dark brown hair has been used to define a border at the lower edge of the longer side of the cap.

    This has been repeated through the mid-section and then as a square over the head area. The point features four strands of two-ply woven cords of hair that have been knotted together and then used to create a spaced, cross stitch seam style down the ridges of the cap. Two strands of the two-ply cord made of dark brown human hair hang loose and would be used to fasten the cap under the chin when worn. Te Baiaitoa would be worn by unmarried girls. This cap is part of a collection of four that feature different decorative weaves from the dark brown human hair.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1936.295
  • Accession Date
    1936
  • Other Id

    24077.4

  • Department
Te baiaitoa; 1936.295; 24077.4; Cultural Permissions Apply

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