Tā'iri (fan)

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Title

Tā'iri (fan)

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This ta'iri (fan) is attributed to Manihiki in the northern Cook Islands and was probably made in the early 1950s. This circular ta'iri is made from coconut midribs, wood, kiriau (hibiscus tiliaceus), and pandanus leaf. Its open-weave structure consists of concentric bands of coconut midribs covered in natural and purple-dyed pandanus leaf in a triangular pattern. A large number of tassels decorate the outer rim of the main body. Some of these tassels are made up of bands of kiriau. The circu...

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Format

Image

Date created

Gifted: 1954

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/84091

Related subjects

Fans / wood / plant fibre / fans / Cook Islands / Oceanic / Polynesian / Cook Islands Māori

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