Pulou fefine

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Title

Pulou fefine

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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Collection

Auckland Museum Collections

Description

Pulou lau fā fifine. Pandanus hat worn by women. This pulou is made up of two types of lau fā (pandanus leaf). The first type is undyed and a natural light brown in colour, the second has been dyed black through a method which sees the pandanus being soaked in a drum for one week and then boiled with green selie leaves. These strips of light brown and black pandanus have then been woven with a technique known as lalaga tikitiki, producing an alternating zig zag pattern which according to the ...

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Format

Image

Date created

2014

Creator

Lekei Palemia

URL

https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/779939

Locations

Niue

Related subjects

Hat, Sun / Hat / Headwear / Clothing / 03 Personal Artifacts / Chenhall Nomenclature

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