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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