kete
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Bag
Bags (kete) played an important role as a container for food and for the storage and transport of various things. They are made from dyed and undyed leaf strips of New Zealand flax (harakeke; Phormium tenax) and a climbing plant (kiekie; Freycinetia banksii). Text: Ulrich Menter
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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Māori
Object type
Tasche
Dimensions
Breite: 45 cm, Höhe: 24
cm
Material/Technique
New Zealand flax
(Phormium tenax)
braided
braided
Current location
Linden-Museum
Stuttgart
Inventory number
039794
Provenance and sources
Provenance
The object
traces back to the collection of the Landesgewerbemuseum Stuttgart,
founded in 1850. The exact provenance of the object is currently
unknown. Text: Ulrich Menter
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