Accession No
2006.251
Description
Toy - Small woven puppy made of undyed New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax). Handwritten label: recto ‘Puppy NZ flax’; verso ‘E.C. 73’.
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Aotearoa New Zealand; Auckland
Period
Source
Lander, Maureen [artist and vendor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2006.251; E.C. 73
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Leaf
Local Term
Kuri
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
From "Fun with Flax" by Mick Pendergrast; 1987; Reed Methuen; Auckland 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. Displayed in the exhibition Pasifika Styles, 2006-2008, in the installation ‘Mrs Cook’s Kete’ (2006). A. Salmond 10/10/2006
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Small woven puppy made of undyed New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax). Handwritten label: recto ‘Puppy NZ flax’; verso ‘E.C. 73’.
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa
FM:265656
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