discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Te utuao human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēKite (English)Kupu whakaahuaTe utuao. Kite. This kite is constructed with a frame of te kaibara (pandanus aerial roots) covered over by baa ni kaina (pandanus leaf fibre), folded and 'sewn' into place with te kora (coconut sennit). The kite is wide and light weight, shaped like an eitei (frigate bird) with additional attachments of a triangular head and forked tail which are both constructed in the same manner as the main body. These are attached to the underside frame of the utuao. The utuao is natural in overall colour and brittle in some areas. There are holes in the baa ni kaina sheeting in two places and two places in which te kora was used to repair previous tearing. Strings of te kora are incorporated into the utuao which would have been used to control its flight. The kaibara would have been treated and processed to achieve more flexibility to bend into the desired shapes.WāhiGilbert Islands/KiribatiAccession Number1939.104Rā Tāpiringa1939Tohu Tuakiri Kē24509 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Te utuao, 1939.104, 24509, Cultural Permissions Apply Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1939.104, 24509Takenga ā-AhureaKiribatiKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiGilbert Islands/KiribatiRāPre 1939Tikanga Waihangaplaited woven lashedWaitohu/māka24509 Gilbert Is. (handwritten)Pāohowood/plant materialpandanus (leaf)/leaf (plant material)/plant materialcoconut (fibre)/plant fibre/natural fibre/fibreRaraunga Ine1620mm673mm50mmHuinga KaupapaFibrework/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Children/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Taumata whakarōpūKite, FishingFishing EquipmentFishing & Trapping T&E04 Tools & Equipment for MaterialsWhakahounga o Mua27 Jun 2023 E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. Search hua Rapunga hou The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60