discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Te riri human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēDance skirt (English)Kupu whakaahuaPlant fibre from a repurposed te riri (dance skirt). The fibres are brittle and fine. They have been processed and possibly dyed to achieve their dark brown colour. Strands of the fibre are strung and knotted onto a central cord of te kora (coconut sennit). The fibres were originally intended to make a riri, but this garment has been repurposed to be used for keeping rats out of the eel trap associated with this object (24479.1).WāhiGilbert Islands/KiribatiAccession Number1939.98Rā Tāpiringa17 May 1939Tohu Tuakiri Kē24479.2 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Te riri, 1939.98, 24479.2, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann,… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1939.98, 24479.2Takenga ā-AhureaKiribatiKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiGilbert Islands/KiribatiRāPre 17 May 1939Tikanga Waihangahand knotted DriedWaitohu/māka24479.2 Old ridi [sic] used as plug to keep rats out of Eel-trap (label)Pāohoplant fibre/natural fibre/fibreRaraunga Ine345mm595mm98mmTaumata whakarōpūTrap, FishNet & TrapFishing, Trapping & Hunting T&ETools & EquipmentWhakahounga o Mua15 Aug 2019 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. 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