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. 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)
Bag woven from pingao (Desmoschoenus spiralis) and kiekie (Freycinetia banksii). Two-colour pattern with two-colour three-strand plaited handles attached to inside of the bag. Rim also a two-colour three-strand plait. Two handwritten labels attached by the artist:Label one: recto ‘Pingao & Kiekie’; verso ‘E.C. 81’; Label two: ‘Mrs Cook’s Day Bag True or False? NZ’.
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa