Kahu kiwi (kiwi feather cloak) named Piata

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Kahu kiwi (kiwi feather cloak) named Piata

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This beautiful kahu kiwi was presented with another in 1967 to the New Zealand government (which then passed them on to the Dominion Museum) by Miss Judy LaMarsh, the Canadian Secretary of State, in appreciation of the courtesy she received during her 1966 tour. Miss LaMarsh had bought the cloak for around £100 from a Mrs D.S. Carmichael, who appears to have inherited it from her great-aunt, who in turn was given it by the widow of the Hon. James Henry St Hill, a resident magistrate for Welli...

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Image

Date created

1840-1855

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/64730

Related subjects

muka (fibre) / feather / wool / natural dye / kahu kiwi / cloaks / Pōrangahau / Te Huringa I: 1800 - 1900 / Hawke's Bay / Rawinia Tukeke / James St. Hill / Ngāti Kahungunu [attributed]

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