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Detail of border of a kahu kiwi made using tāniko. Tāniko (or taaniko) is a traditional weaving technique of the Māori of New Zealand related to "twining". [1] It may also refer to the resulting bands of weaving, or to the traditional designs.
The whetū (stars), purapura whetū (weaving pattern of stars) or roimata (teardrop) pattern is a geometric design using two colours and alternating between them at every stitch. This design is associated with the survival of an iwi (tribe), hapū (sub-tribe), or whānau (extended family), the idea being that it is vital to have a large whanau ...
The British Museum holds a feather cloak, kahu huruhuru, made by Te Kanawa in 1994. Te Kanawa described the cloak as a korowai kakahu. It is made entirely of flax fibre, in double-pair twining weave. The feathers, forming a horizontal band pattern, are of three kinds blue and white from pūkeko, and red from pheasant.
She was taught the art of weaving korowai (dressed flax cloaks) by her mother and by observing people in her family weaving kete, mats and cloaks. [1] [2] Hetet was married to a carpenter Tuheka Taonui Hetet from 16 February 1911 until his death in 1938. They had two children before he went to fight in World War I, and another three after his ...
Maori Costume and Taniko This page was last edited on 3 October 2024, at 02:16 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...
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Ngāti Porou is a Māori iwi traditionally located in the East Cape and Gisborne regions of the North Island of New Zealand. Ngāti Porou is affiliated with the 28th Maori Battalion, it also has the second-largest affiliation of any iwi, behind Ngāpuhi with an estimated 92,349 people according to the 2018 census. [1]
Some of the names of tukutuku patterns are: [3] poutama – a stepped pattern, said to represent whakapapa, learning and the ascent of the god Tāne-o-te-wānanga into the heavens to attain superior knowledge and religion. [8] [9] roimata toroa – meaning "albatross tears", formed with vertical stitches and said to represent misfortune and ...