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Muka is prepared fibre of New Zealand flax (Māori: harakeke). [1] Prepared primarily by scraping, pounding and washing, it is a key material in Māori traditional textiles where it is usually used in tāniko or twined weaving. Some varieties produce different grades or quality of muka that result in characteristics such as strength, whiteness ...
The traditional weaving material is muka, fibre prepared from the New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) by scraping, pounding and washing. The muka fibre was dyed using natural dyes . There has been a resurgence of tāniko and other Māori cultural practices starting in the 1950s and as part of the broader Māori Renaissance .
Kaitaka are cloaks of finely woven muka (Phormium tenax) fibre. [31] Kaitaka are among the more prestigious forms of traditional Māori dress. They are made from muka (flax fibre), which is in turn made from those varieties of Phormium tenax that yield the finest quality fibre characterised by a silk-like texture and rich golden sheen. Kaitaka ...
They have played an important part in the cultural and economic history of New Zealand for both the Māori people and the later European settlers. Both species and their cultivars have now been widely distributed to temperate regions of the world as ornamental garden plants – and to lesser extent for fibre production. [1] [2]
Food history is an interdisciplinary field that examines the history and the cultural, economic, environmental, and sociological impacts of food and human nutrition. It is considered distinct from the more traditional field of culinary history , which focuses on the origin and recreation of specific recipes.
Seri muka, a two-layered kuih with steamed glutinous rice forming the bottom half and a green custard layer made with pandan juice. Wajid or wajik , a compressed Malay confection made of glutinous rice cooked with coconut milk and gula melaka .
Compound fabrics [3] or Double-faced fabrics are a form of double cloth made of one warp and two sets of wefts, or (less often) two warps and one weft. These fabrics have two right sides or faces and no wrong side, and include most blankets, satin ribbons, and interlinings. [2] Double weaving is an ancient technique.
patu paraoa: made of whale bone [2] patu tawaka and patuki: made from wood. Other styles of short-handled wooden clubs include the kotiate and wahaika. Less traditional is the rare patu pora, made from iron [3] and the hatchet or whaling harpoon heads (pātītī). [4] [5] The patu normally has "a round or rectangular hole in the handle for the ...