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Pareu

Hei whakaatu
human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Waist garment (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Pareu. Dance skirt. Composite materials used in its manufacture. Multiple strands of kiriau (hibiscus fibre) thickly layered. Top of the strands woven into a wide band across the garment with dark blue material overlaid on top of this section. Decorative elements sewn into this waistband portion include tungangi shell, pupu shell, matakoviriviri seed, all sewn into the fabric with bright red cotton. Garment has decorative kiriau tassels of natural and dyed red colour.

    Lower part of of the kiriau skirt is natural in colour but dyed red at the lower edge.

  • Wāhi
    Aitutaki/Cook Islands
  • Wāhi Hāngai

    Cook Islands

  • Accession Number
    1931.7
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    06 Jan 1931
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    13953 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

  • Rūma Whakaatu

    Pacific Lifeways

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  • Pareu, 1931.7, 13953, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 22 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1931.7, 13953, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 22 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1931.7, 13953, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 22 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1931.7, 13953, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 22 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1931.7, 13953, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 22 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1931.7, 13953, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 22 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1931.7, 13953, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 22 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Pareu, 1931.7, 13953, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 22 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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