Cloak

Description

Cloak (kaitaka) of dressed phormium fibre with closely woven border (taniko) in colours: Polynesia, New Zealand, Māori, 18th century

Museum reference

A.UC.830

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Cloak, Kaitaka

Production information

New Zealand, Polynesia

Date

18th century

Style / Culture

Māori

Materials

Phormium fibre

Physical description

Dressed phormium fibre with closely woven taniko border in colours

Associations

Cook, James, Captain, 1728 - 1779

Exhibitions

• Pacific Encounters: Art and Divinity in Polynesia 1760 - 1860 (21 May 2006 - 14 Sep 2008)
  Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
  Musée du Quai Branly

References

Henare, Amiria, Museums, Anthropology and Imperial Exchange, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2005, 18-20, fig. 3