mat

human history

Tablemat. This is a place mat, double square star shaped, and woven from dark lou akau. Strips of the same width lou akau have been woven to create this star shaped table mat, it is light brown in colour and the surface is slightly polished. Table mats like this are often made for tourist trade and to sell at the local markets and roadsides by local village women in Tonga.

Nama tāpiringa: 1994.52.2 Whakahounga o Mua: 8 Sept 2023
Wāhi
Tonga/Pacific
Accession Number

1994.52.2

Rā Tāpiringa

05 Mar 1994

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

54719 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
4 Mātātuhi
mat, 1994.52.2, 54719, Cultural Permissions Apply
mat, 1994.52.2, 54719, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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