Korowai
Description: Korowai. Cloak, hukahuka. Woven from tanekaha dyed muka in spaced aho rua, with the rows alternating in undyed and tanekaha dyed aho, with evenly spaced, paru dyed hukahuka, multiple rectangular sections of pāheke in blue yarn with a few red and purple highlights, three sets of aho poka and double twist neck edge with a hukahka kurupatu. Published in Te Aho Tapu, MJP p. 104, fig 31.
Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Date: 1887Description: Korowai. Cloak, hukahuka. Woven from tanekaha dyed muka in spaced aho rua, with the rows alternating in undyed and tanekaha dyed aho, with evenly spaced, paru dyed hukahuka,…