Cloak

Made from New Zealand flax [Phornium tenax]. Natural with black and brown border. Description in D. R. Simmons, Catalogue of Maori Artefacts (1982): "Kaitaka cloak with broad bottom taniko, 22.8 cm, and narrow side taniko bands, 2.0 com. The top hem is plaited brown and natural colour. The taniko style on the side bands is similar to examples on Taranaki cloaks but the bottom taniko in brown, black and natural colour consists of concentric diamonds in a style very similar to that identified as Bay of islands in the Peabody Museum, Salem. The weft lines are 1 cm apart with five downward inserts at the shoulders, six downward inserts at the centre and five downward inserts at the bottom just above the taniko, 88 cm from top.