Korowai (cloak)

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Title

Korowai (cloak)

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This korowai (cloak with tassel adornment) has been made for a child and measures seventy-five centimetres wide by fifty-two centimetres high. It has a higly colourful wool border with a wool centre panel. It is heavily decorated with hukahuka (tassels) and ngore (pompoms). Māori often incorporated modern materials such as wool into traditional woven garments for extra colour, decoration, or warmth. Pre-European colourBefore the arrival of European settlers and modern materials such as wool,...

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Format

Image

Date created

Gifted: 1951

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/65092

Related subjects

korowai / cloaks / weaving / New Zealand

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