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Hei Upo’o

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Hei Upo’o. Headdress, fragment. Consisting of a small piece of woven material, made from golden brown coloured strips of natural plant fibre, possibly of the arrowroot plant, woven out in a 2/2 twill weave. At both ends of the woven area are loose strands. Wide strands are at one end and thin, narrow strips are at the opposite end. Fragile condition.

Whakahounga o Mua: 22 Apr 2021

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Ingoa Kōrero Noa

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Ingoa Kē

headdress (alternative)

Headdress (English)