Ao-ni-aworofa (kite for fishing)

Maker
Alfred Taasi
Description
Ao-ni-aworofa (kite for fishing). This example is called tarimaragarofai (cut like a garofai). Main part of kite is made of sago palm leaf (ao). Line is of gasigo vine, lure of cobweb – the web of the rawamworo spider (medium size, brown with yellow near tail).
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Object detail

Maker
Media/Materials
Sago palm leaf.
Measurements
900 x 295 x 60mm - HxWxD (with coil rolled up).
Production place
Ghupuna, Santa Ana, Solomon Islands
Collection
Mead Collection/Solomon Island/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1973/49/94

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