Kete

human history

Kete. Bag. Kete kikau. Used for storing personal items. Woven from kikau ou (young coconut leaf). Kikau (coconut leaves) woven in diagonal 3/3 twill. Weaving is wider at the rim and narrower at the base. Commencement at rim and finished at base in an iri taki toru (three ply braid) on the outside of kete. Natural colour.

Nama tāpiringa: 1924.183 Whakahounga o Mua: 13 May 2025
Ingoa Kē

Bag (English)

Kete kikau (Cook Islands)

Wāhi Hāngai

Rarotonga/Cook Islands

Accession Number

1924.183

Rā Tāpiringa

22 Aug 1924

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

3863 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

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Kete, 1924.183, 3863, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 30 Jun 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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