Kete

human history

Kete. Bag. For carrying personal items. Kete is woven from natural coloured rauara (pandanus leaf) strips with dyed-black apuraka (giant swamp taro) akamanea (decoration). Rectangular in shape. The kete has a patara (serrated rim). Braided double tatai (handle) attached to rim of kete using light-coloured cotton thread. Tatai is broken. Overlaid dyed-black strips form ata (heart) motifs and are placed horizontally across the middle of the kete. A border of natural-coloured rauara triangles with their apices facing in the right-hand direction sits below the motifs. A row of ara veri (twilled twos) sits below and above the motifs.

Nama tāpiringa: 1953.186.14 Whakahounga o Mua: 20 Sept 2018
Ingoa Kē

Bag (English)

Wāhi
Cook Islands
Accession Number

1953.186.14

Rā Tāpiringa

1953

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

33547.6 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
10 Mātātuhi
Kete, 1953.186.14, 33547.6, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 27 Jun 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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