Kahoa
Kahoa. Neck ornament. This kahoa is part of a dance attire set worn by males performing the tauoluga (type of dance). The skirt is worn wrapped around the waist. This kahoa is made from brightly dyed fau (hibiscus) fibres and feathers that have been wrapped and woven in different techniques. The kahoa is woven in a circular shape with rosettes and a wrapped spiral technique, coloured feathers are woven into the kahoa in sections as well as curled strips of fau. Hanging from the back are strips of fau which have been wrapped and folded to look like layers of rosettes, with feathers attached along its length.
- Collection Area
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- Te reo Name
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- Ingoa Kōrero Noa
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- Ingoa Kē
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Neck ornament (English)
- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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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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10 Nov 1994
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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54326.2 (ethnology)
- 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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