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Tūpono

human history
  • Other Name

    Fishing basket (English)

  • Description

    Tūpono, Fisherman's basket. Commencement at top rim, vertical twill plaiting. Plaited finish at base and tied off at one end, with end of plait inserted into base of basket.

  • Place
    Cook Islands
  • Accession Number
    2018.68.32
  • Accession Date
    09 Nov 2018
  • Department

    Pacific

Images and documents

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 2018.68.32
  • Public Access Text

    All the items in this collection express how relationships and familial connections are nurtured through the practice of making and the sharing of Cook Islands’ knowledge and skills with regards to cultural objects, music and materiality. Crafting within Cook Islands also represents an income generating practice among creative and cultural communities, specifically with the aspect of contemporary tourist art from these regions as expressions of national cultural identity.

    This collection also supports the research into expressions of identity through the creative process.

    This Tūpono (fishing basket) shows weaving skills that is not only significant to the Cook Islands but also practiced in other Pacific Island communities such as Samoa and Tonga. This offers the opportunity to explore the meaning of objects to their source communities and in a wider Pacific and New Zealand context. What emerges from the study into cross-referencing is a blurring of the distinctions between material cultures due to the movement of people between the Pacific Islands.

  • Cultural Origin

    Cook Islands

  • Collection
    Jean Mason
  • Primary Maker

     Unknown (Maker)

  • Place
    Cook Islands
  • Date
    Pre 2014
  • Technique

    plaited

    woven

  • Period

    21st century

  • Media

    coconut leaf/leaf (plant material)/plant material

  • Measurement Reading

    575mm

    360mm

    370mm

  • Subject Category

    Basketry/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -

    Fibrework/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -

    Fishing/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -

  • Classification

    Fishing Equipment

    Fishing & Trapping T&E

    04 Tools & Equipment for Materials

    Basket

    Containers

    07 Distribution & Transportation Artifacts

  • Media/Materials Notes

    frond

  • Last Update
    29 Nov 2018
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