Flax and Finger Weaving: Māori Woven Textiles


An 1847 portrait of Hone Heke and his wife Hariata wearing cloaks made from muka fibres, Joseph Jenner Merrett, Alexander Turnbull Library

Piupiu, Māori, late 19th century, Honolulu Museum of Art

Kakahu (cloak), Māori, 1850-1891, Museums Victoria

Weaving Peg (Turuturu),Māori, late 18th–early 19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Kaitaka (cloak) with taniko borders, Māori, early 19th century, British Museum

Weaving with niho taniwha pattern, Christchurch City Libraries
