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Ili tea

human history
  • Other Name

    Finer fan (English)

  • Description

    Ili tea. Finer fan. This is a hand woven 'ili tea. Tuāniu (coconut midrib) has been lalaga (woven) to form the lau (blade). The lau is a diamond shape with a serrated edge. The lau has been lalaga using two different techniques. A finer technique using thinner strands is used for the upper half of the lau, while a looser technique with wider strands is used for the lower half.

    Two pieces of yellow ribbon have been lalaga through the lower half of the lau as a decorative feature. The 'au (handle) is rectangular in shape and encased in lau niu (coconut leaf). This 'ili tea would have been used to keep cool during a church service.

  • Place
    Samoa/Pacific
  • Accession Date
    [1929]
  • Other Id

    4082 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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