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Tifaefae

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    tifaefae (Tahitian)

    Quilt (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Tifaefae. Applique embroidered quilt. Large square shape. Consisting of sixteen squares, mid-toned blue in colour, each with an egg-shaped, painapo (pineapple) motif with green coloured leaves placed in the centre of the square. Further yellow coloured embroidery decorate the edges of the painapo and around the outside of the painapo. Light green coloured embroidery further decorate the outside of the leaves, enhancing the motifs.

    The squares are placed against a yellow/cream coloured background, with a blue coloured border, enhanced with light-blue coloured embroidery around the edges.

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    2001.12.7
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    13 Jul 2001
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    55852 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
Tifaefae, 2001.12.7, 55852, All Rights Reserved

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