Kahu kiwi (kiwi feather cloak)

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Kahu kiwi (kiwi feather cloak)

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This large Brown kiwi (Apteryx sp.) feather cloak is made from brown and white (albino) kiwi feathers woven in bold alternating stripes down the whole length. The inside consists of yellow and black vertical lines of dyed muka (flax fibre: Phormium tenax) woven into the kaupapa (main body) of the cloak. SignificanceIn the graphic representations and descriptions by Pākehā artists in the first half of the nineteenth century, feather cloaks do not appear. For example, the British artist George...

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Image

Date created

1800-1900

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/64683

Related subjects

muka (fibre) / feather / kahu kiwi / cloaks / twining / Te Huringa I: 1800 - 1900 / Apteryx / New Zealand

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