Tōpuni
human history
Kahu kurī, tōpuni. Cloak, dogskin. Woven from undyed muka in compact aho pātahi and fully covered in dogskin strips. The main body is grey dogskin strips with hair, with brown as a border on the sides and top, a narrow border of twilled weaving on the sides and neck edge, and a kurupatu of dogskin strips.
Whakahounga o Mua: 1 Oct 2025
- 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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cloak
- Ingoa Kē
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topuni (ethnology card & register)
kahu kuri (previously attributed)
cloak made of dog's skin (descriptive name)
- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- Wāhi
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- 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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- Rā Tāpiringa
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1887
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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282 (ethnology)
605 (Taonga Database)
- 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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30 Mātātuhi
