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Tafi kāniu

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  • Ingoa Kē

    Coconut broom (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Tafi kāniu fili aki. A broom made from long segments of dried kāniu (coconut midrib) bundled together to create a hand held implement used in domestic house keeping. The kāniu are a natural brown colour. At the grip end of the tafi kāniu, the kāniu have been bent in a U shape and wrapped in thick cotton twine to create a handle. A length of suspension fibre has been attached to the tafi kāniu at this point.

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1935.117
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1935
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    21710 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
broom, 1935.117, 21710, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital,… … Read more

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