Cloak
65-47-1
From: New Zealand
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 65-47-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Maori |
Provenience | New Zealand |
Locus | North Island |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Flax | Feather |
Description | Rectangular feather cloak (kahu kiwi). Feathers mostly kiwi,with some cream and brown striped chicken feathers mixed in. Small bunches and single kaka (New Zealand parrot) feathers towards the bottom. The brown and black and mottled brown/black/white feathers along the bottom and side borders are from the male ring-necked pheasant, and the iridescent black feathers in the borders and among the kiwi feathers are chicken feathers. |
Length | 73 cm |
Width | 104 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Robert P. Davey, 1965 |
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