Mu'umu'u (dress)

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Mu'umu'u (dress)

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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Te Papa Collections Online

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The mu’umu’u is an example of the indigenous adoption of European clothing in the Pacific Islands. It is also known as the “mother hubbard” or vinivo in parts of island Melanesia. Before Christian missionaries from Europe arrived in the Pacific Islands at the end of the eighteenth century, Pacific Islanders usually wore loin cloths, short skirts, or went without clothing. The missionaries introduced their ideas of decency and fashion to the communities in which they settled, and indigenous ...

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Date created

circa 1990's

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/918170

Related subjects

cotton / dresses / Pacific Islands / Polynesian / Oceanic / Clothing & dress / celebrations / New Zealand

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