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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 ...
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.
Hetet was born in 1966 in Waiwhetū, Lower Hutt. [2] She was taught how to weave her first kete when she was 13 years old by her mother Erenora Puketapu-Hetet. [3] Her mother went on to teach her weaving techniques in raranga, tāniko and whatu kakahu, and from her father she learnt tukutuku and kowhaiwhai from her father, master carver Rangi Hetet. [4]
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.
Hetet's work is known for the precise use of traditional weaving methods and materials [9] In the 1960s it has been said she was "probably the greatest living proponent of korowai (cloak weaving); in her lifetime she was instrumental in the preservation and resurgence of traditional Māori weaving." [10]
Korowai / Torlesse Tussocklands Park is a protected area in Canterbury, New Zealand. Covering around 21,000 hectares, it is located on both sides of State Highway 73 , from east of Porters Pass to south of Castle Hill Village .
Donald Trump’s campaign promise to block transgender women and girls from competing in female sports has opened up a slew of investigations of federally funded schools and athletics ...
The kete is made of flax fibre dyed black, woven in double-row twining, with two rows of pheasant feathers along the bottom; it is decorated with a taniko border in black, brown, yellow, and white, . [15] In common with other Māori artists, Puketapu-Hetet believed that art has a spiritual dimension and hidden meanings: