Kafa (sennit)

Description
Length of coconut fibre, three ply braid. Used for tying the ta'ovala around the waist. Kafa (sennit) is plaited from the fibre of the coconut husk and may be dyed black.
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Object detail

Production place
Tonga
Collection
Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1972/57/1

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