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Whatu kākahu = Māori cloaks / Māori cloaks edited by Awhina Tamarapa. - Revised edition. - Wellington, New Zealand : Te Papa Press, 2019. - 223 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Te mana o te kākahu = The prestige of cloaks / Kahutoi Te Kanawa and John Turi-Tiakitai -- Ngā aho = Threads that join / Toi Te Rito Maihi -- Ko te pūtaiao, te ao o ngā tūpuna = Ancestral Māori scientific practice / Patricia Te Arapo Wallace -- Te ao tawhito/te ao hou = Entwined threads of tradition and innovation / Maureen Lander -- Whatu = The enclosing threads / Margery Blackman -- Ngā kākahu o Te Papa = The cloaks of Te Papa ; Whiria, kia tina = Bind, hold fast / Awhina Tamarapa -- Types of cloaks known from museum collections.

"In this revised edition, a new chapter celebrates stunning contemporary kākahu that have come into the Te Papa collection since 2011. It also discusses the care and continuity of Māori cloak weaving from the viewpoint of weaving practitioners, researchers and museum custodians"--Jacket.


In English with Māori terminology.

ISBN: 9780995113633 0995113637

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Museum of New Zealand.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cloaks--New Zealand.
Hand weaving--New Zealand.
Maori (New Zealand people)--Clothing.
Maori (New Zealand people)--Material culture.
Kākahu.
Whatu kakahu.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Zealand.

LC Class. No.: GN432 / .W43 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 746.41