discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Kie human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēWaist mat of pandanus leaves (English)Kupu whakaahuaKie. Woven dancing mat. This kie is woven in fine single check from processed strips of baa ni kaina into a wide rectangular shape. This kie would have been worn as part of men's dance performance. The strips of baa ni kaina are golden yellow in colour. In the initial preparation of the baa ni kaina when the leaves are harvested as young green leaves, they produce the golden yellow colour. The baa ni kaina are woven with te ira n atu (human hair) overlaid in grid-like pattern across the surface of the kie with four long rectangular areas and the lower portion of the weave left showing the natural baa ni kaina.WāhiGilbert Islands/KiribatiAccession Number1936.295Rā Tāpiringa1936Tohu Tuakiri Kē23962.2 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Kie; 1936.295; 23962.2; Cultural Permissions Apply Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1936.295, 23962.2Takenga ā-AhureaKiribatiKohingaMaudeKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiGilbert Islands/KiribatiRāPre 1936Tikanga Waihangaplaited wovenWaitohu/māka23962.2 KIRIBATI (handwritten)Pāohopandanus (leaf)/leaf (plant material)/plant materialhuman hair/hair/animal materialRaraunga Ine415mm375mm12mmHuinga KaupapaFibrework/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Women/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Taumata whakarōpūOrnament, WaistBody AdornmentOrnamentPersonal ArtefactsWhakahounga o Mua30 Nov 2018 E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. Search hua Rapunga hou The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60