Te kora
Department PacificAccession Date 1936Accession Number 1936.295Description Te kora. A sample of te kora (coconut sennit cordage). This sample of kora is finely twined in 2-ply. It is light in weight, highly textured and is light brown in colour. This…
Te kora. A sample of te kora (coconut sennit cordage). This sample of kora is finely twined in 2-ply. It is light in weight, highly textured and is light brown in colour. This sample of kora, long in length, is wound into a figure-8 reel. Kora is made from the processed out husk fibre of moimoto (young, green coconuts). The process to prepare kora begins with splitting away the coconut husk into four to five long pieces, submerging them in salt water for several weeks, wringing and beating the fibres then rolling strands in small bunches to make rolled pieces called binoka. The binoka are then overlapped and rolled together to create lengths of kora (cord). The entire process is usually the work of I-Kiribati women to undertake.