Sleeping mat

Maker
Kakoke
Description
Sleeping mat called kwana, made of ka'karu (pandanus) leaf. One of the few domestic articles displayed as art which are made by women.
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Maker
Media/Materials
Natural fibre.
Measurements
1460 x 610mm - LxW (approx)
Production place
Nataghera, 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
1973/49/117

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