kete muka (flax (cloak) - Maori artefacts
8 item(s) found:
A Maori feather Kete Muka, the woven flax decorative body with two handles, cotton lined interior and the exterior almost entirely covered with feathers of brown, tan and paler tones. Length 28.5 cm. Height 19.5 cm Not registered.
19th century Maori Woven flax cloak, with tassels and black and white feather borders, salmon colour woven fringe at bottom. Protected from the elements as displayed in glass frame. Height 79. Width 108 cm
Kete Muka kiwi - flax and kiwi feather bag with leather strap, construction from cotton based twine. Double pair construction with kiwi feathers attached on every Second aho (weft). Signs of Kaka feathers. Leather shoulder strap attached.…
Kete Muka kiwi - flax and kiwi feather bag, finely made kiwi feather kete. Double pair twining with kiwi feathers attached on every Second aho (weft), the muka kapapa is in good order. Height 23 cm. Width 22 cm.
A Kete Muka - flax bag, single pair twining and decorative fingle on three borders. Separated warps in cross over pattern. Unlined. Note: very early original dominion, tag still affixed. Height 17 cm. Width 30 cm.
A rare Maori flax bag (kete muka) 22 x 30 cm finely woven in flax fibre and with darkened fibre forming lateral bands
9th century Maori muka or flax cloak, the muka Kaupapa of double-pair twining with some shaping evident, decorated throughout with rolled hukahuka cords of muka (dyed), the bottom edge fringe of hukahuka tags
19th century Maori feather and flax cloak with a large taniko border and four rows of feathers