Kete Taniko (bag)

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Title

Kete Taniko (bag)

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This beautiful and rare example of a kete tāniko (a bag with fine embroidery or weaving in a geometric pattern) has a variety of geometric designs. These have been made by weaving dyed muka (flax fibre) thread into chevron and triangle-based patterns. AcquisitionThis kete tāniko, together with a collection of other taonga Māori (Māori treasures), was acquired in 1907 from the high-ranking East Cape chief Matutaera (Tuta) Nihoniho (Ngāti Porou). Matutaera (Tuta) NihonihoIn 1865 Tuta, aged fif...

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Format

Image

Date created

1800-1900

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/64376

Related subjects

harakeke / kete / bags / tāniko / weaving / East Cape / Te Huringa I: 1800 - 1900 / Ngāti Porou [attributed] / New Zealand / Matutaera Nihoniho

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