A garment made from undressed flax leaves.
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Capes, Rain - Maori, Rain capes, Maori
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New Zealand Steel :Te aho tapu; the sacred thread. [Calendar 1990, with photographs by ...
Date: 1990
By: New Zealand Steel Ltd; Brake, Brian, 1927-1988
Reference: Eph-D-CALENDAR-1990-01
Description: Calendar showing Brian Brake's photographs of Maori feather cloaks and capes, flax capes, and a woven flax cloak. Quantity: 1 calendar. Physical Description: Photolithographs on 6 pages of spiral-bound calendar 600 x 420 mm. Transfers: Other material from the same provenance is at Plans-2007-030..
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Winete Paranihi & Kuini at Papakai, King Country
Date: [ca 1880s]
From: Ingle, M A (Mr), fl 1967 :Photographs
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Reference: PA7-37-09
Description: Photograph of a Maori woman seated on the ground wearing a flax cloak. Standing beside her is a Maori man wearing a full-length tag cloak. The couple are posing outside in an area surrounded by flax bushes. Photographed by Burton Bros, ca 1880s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3794 - Winete Paranihi & Kuini - Papakai, King Country. Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.5 x 20.2 cm on mount 22.5 x 29 cm
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Burton Brothers, 1868-1898 (Firm, Dunedin) :Whaaru and his wife at Wahanui's house, Ale...
Date: 1885
By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
Reference: PA7-39-01
Description: Whaaru is wearing a flax cloak and holding a taiaha. He is standing next to his wife who is wearing European clothing and is seated on the front verandah of a house. Photograph taken by Alfred Burton at Alexandra in Jun 1885. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3631 - Whaaru (Leader of Hursthouse rescue party) and wife at Wahanui's house - Alexandra. Burton Bros, Dunedin. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 19.8 x 15 cm on mount 29 x 22.5 cm