- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Flax samples: [.2] is a sample of undyed, plaited flax. [El.B 04/09/2009]
- Long description
- Flax samples: [.2] is a sample of undyed, plaited flax. The flax strands are bunched together, tied in a knot and plaited together in a four way plait. The plait changes to a three way plait as it narrows and is tied with a piece of string. [MJD 16/08/2013]
- Cultural groups
- Māori
- Person
- Field collector Charles Smith
- PRM source The Executors of the Charles Smith Estate
- PRM source Alfred T. Collier
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1869?, uncertain
- Date collected
- 1860 - 1869?
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 12/1923 Exchanged: 1952
- Materials and processes
- Material Flax (NZ) Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material String, Process Plaited, Process Twisted, Process Tied
- Dimensions
- Length: max 670 mm approx
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1923.87.178.2
- Research and responses
See Hamilton ('Maori Art', Wellington: The New Zealand Institute, 1896, p. 272-273) for an account of the preparation of flax for weaving etc. [CF 15/3/2001]
1923.87.178.2
Flax samples: [.2] is a sample of undyed, plaited flax. [El.B 04/09/2009]
1923.87.178.2
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