Context (CMS Context)
This is part of a body of works produced for the installation “Mrs. Cook’s Kete” mounted among the permanent displays at the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, in 2002. This exhibition, a collaboration between New Zealand artists Maureen Lander and Christine Hellyar, drew inspiration from the idea that, had Elizabeth Cook ever accompanied her husband Captain James Cook to the Pacific, she might have learned weaving and other skills from local people during her travels. MAA purchased the bulk of individual works produced by Lander for this installation in 2004.
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Bundle of five plaited ropes made of muka (fibre of New Zealand flax - Phormium tenax) dyed with natural dyes; 1) Three-string plaited rope dyed dark brown; 2) Three-string plaited rope dyed yellow; 3) Three-string plaited rope dyed orange; 4) Four-string plaited rope dyed dark orange; 5) Three-to-four-string plaited rope dyed brown and light brown.Labeled by artist: ‘Whiri muka Natural dyes. Number E.C. 93’.
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa