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Kete (Bag; Kete kikau)
unknownPre 1924
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand
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.
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Details
- Title: Kete (Bag; Kete kikau)
- Creator: unknown
- Date Created: Pre 1924
- Location: Rarotonga/Cook Islands
- Provenance: Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
- External Link: Auckland Museum: Collections Online
- Medium: Coconut
- Rights: please see our Cultural Permissions guidelines for information on re-using this image., Auckland Museum's cultural-permissions policy applies
- Other reference number: 3863
- Acquisition number: 1924.183
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