- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Cloak. Made of flax. Decorated with kiwi, pigeon, and peacock feathers.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Māori
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1941
- Date collected
- By 1941
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1941
- Materials and processes
- Material Flax (NZ) Plant, Material Bird Feather, Material Peacock Feather Bird, Material Plant Fibre Textile, Process Woven
- Dimensions
- Length: max 1200 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1941.8.292
- Research and responses
This Kahu was viewed by Hokimate Harwood for her doctoral thesis 'Te Reo o Te Kākahu: an ethno-ornithological chronicle of the history and language of Māori feather cloaks' (2022). It is one of 17 feather cloaks in the PRM featured in the international register of Māori feather cloaks produced for her thesis. In this she identifies the cloak as a Kahu Huruhuru and gives the following description:
'Flax feather cloak with kiwi in borders and diamond shapes in middle of kererū and peacock feathers. W 120cm.' [See Researchers RDF file]
1941.8.292
Cloak. Made of flax. Decorated with kiwi, pigeon, and peacock feathers.
On display
1941.8.292
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