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Tafi kāniu

human history
  • Other Name

    Coconut broom (English)

  • Description

    Tafi kāniu fili aki. A broom made from long segments of dried kāniu (coconut midrib) bundled together to create a hand held implement used in domestic house keeping. The kāniu are a natural brown colour. At the grip end of the tafi kāniu, the kāniu have been bent in a U shape and wrapped in thick cotton twine to create a handle. A length of suspension fibre has been attached to the tafi kāniu at this point.

  • Place
    [Niue]/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1935.117
  • Accession Date
    1935
  • Other Id

    21710 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • broom, 1935.117, 21710, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 16 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • broom, 1935.117, 21710, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 16 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • broom, 1935.117, 21710, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 16 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • broom, 1935.117, 21710, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 16 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • broom, 1935.117, 21710, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 16 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • broom, 1935.117, 21710, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 16 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • broom, 1935.117, 21710, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 16 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • broom

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