Accession No
2006.172
Description
Bag or basket woven in two shades of green and undyed pattern New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax). Two three-plait handles made from undyed scutched flax, plaited into the rim.
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Aotearoa New Zealand; Otaki
Period
Source
Henare, Amiria; Raymond, Rosanna
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2006.172
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Leaf.
Local Term
Kete
Measurements
52mm x 330mm x 356mm
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Purchased from the maker at the Matatini Festival, Palmerston North, 25 February 2005. On display at Pasifika Styles, 2006-2008, on ‘basket wall’. F. Veys, 26/7/2006
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Bag woven in two shades of green and undyed pattern New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax). Two three-plait handles made from undyed scutched flax, plaited into the rim.
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa
FM:265577
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