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Titi tao

human history
  • Other Name

    Dancing skirt (English)

  • Description

    Titi tao. Dancing skirt. Titi tao are worn by women and are specifically from the island of Nanumea. This titi is made from dyed tuaakie (bottom layer of pandanus leaf) strips as well as paka (thick strips of decorated tuaakie). The bottom layer is made up of medium strips of maroon-dyed tuaakie strips. The top layer consists of wider strips with black, yellow, and natural coloured tuaakie cut and sewn on as decoration.

    Both layers of tuaakie are looped and wrapped onto a long rolled twine/string.

  • Place
    Funafuti/Tuvalu
  • Accession Number
    1939.104
  • Accession Date
    17 May 1939
  • Other Id

    24497 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

Titi tao, 1939.104, 24497, Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • Titi tao, 1939.104, 24497, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Titi tao, 1939.104, 24497, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Titi tao, 1939.104, 24497, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Titi tao, 1939.104, 24497, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Titi tao, 1939.104, 24497, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Titi tao, 1939.104, 24497, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Titi tao, 1939.104, 24497, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Titi tao, 1939.104, 24497, Cultural Permissions Apply

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