Mori rito akamanea
Mori rito akamanea. Lamp frond decoration. Representative of a coconut palm tree. Trunk of tree consists of strips of rito (young coconut leaf) woven around a firm base. Multiple spherical shapes, representative of coconuts, are attached to the top area of the truck, using strips of rito woven around spherical shapes possibly made of plastic. Multiple representations of coconut leaf fronds, consisting of strips of rito wrapped and tied around sticks (possibly bamboo), have been inserted into the top of the trunk. Two representations of coconut leaf fronds have fallen out. Natural golden brown in colour.
- Collection Area
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- akm.collections.field_type_title_label
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- Te reo Name
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- Ingoa Kōrero Noa
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- Ingoa Kē
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Lamp (English)
Decorative lamp (English)
- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- Wāhi
- Manihiki/Cook Islands
- Wāhi Hāngai
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- Field Collection Place
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- Wāhi Whāiti Taketake i Kohia ai
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- Rā Kohinga
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- Rā i Kohia i te Wāhi Taketake
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- Accession Number
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1972.97
- Rā Tāpiringa
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30 May 1972
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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45469.1 (ethnology)
- Momo Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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- Wāhanga
- Rūma Whakaatu
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- Herenga
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- Momo
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