Kete

human history

Kete. Bag. For carrying personal items. Woven from rauara (pandanus leaf) strips with overlaid dyed-brown/red and dyed-black apuraka (giant swamp taro) akamanea (decoration). Large in size, with flat, rectangular shape. The kete has is finished with a patara (serrated) rim. Overlaid dyed-brown/red and dyed-black strips of apuraka form surface patterns consisting of a row of twilled threes along both the upper and lower areas of bag. Mirrored patara (zig-zag) patterns decorated with rows of ara veri (twilled twos) are across the middle area of kete. Two tatai (handles).

Whakahounga o Mua: 20 Sept 2018
Ingoa Kē

Bag (English)

Wāhi
Cook Islands
Rā Tāpiringa

Circa 1915

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

12891 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

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Kete, 12891, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 28 Jun 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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