Kahu huruhuru / feather cloak (Maniapoto)

Maker
Rangimarie Hetet
Production date
1982
 Description
Made of muka (processed flax fibre) with pheasant feathered borders and single pheasant feathers adorning the body of the cloak. The here (draw cord) at the top edge of the cloak is threaded through the mawhitiwhiti (cross-stitch) pattern. The bottom is finished with a tasselled fringe.
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Maker
Production date
1982
Media/Materials
Muka (processed flax fibre), pheasant feathers,
mawhitiwhiti (cross stitch) pattern and tasselled fringe
Measurements
950 x 1180mm
Production place
Oparure, Te Kuiti, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
Collection
Hetet/Te Kanawa Collection/Tangata Whenua
Department collection type
Tangata Whenua
Iwi
Maniapoto/Tainui
Credit line
Hetet/Te Kanawa Collection
Courtesy Waikato Museum
Te Whare Taonga O Waikato
Accession number
L2004/17/4

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