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Coat
In New Zealand's temperate climate, capes or cloaks woven from New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) were important and also prestigious items of clothing for Māori. Especially in the second half of the 19th century, feathered cloaks gained in importance, with the feathers of both native and introduced bird species being used. On this cloak you can find blue-black feathers of tūī (Prostemadera novaeseelandiae), valuable orange and red feathers of kākā (Nestor meridionalis), brown kiwi feathers (Apteryx australis ssp.), green and white feathers of kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) and light green kākāriki feathers (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae). Feathers from pheasants introduced by Europeans (including Phasianus colchicus) were also used. Text: Ulrich Menter
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Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Māori
- Object type
- Mantel
- Dimensions
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Width: 115 cm
Height: 76 cm
Depth: 3 cm - Material/Technique
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New Zealand flax
(Phormium tenax), Spring
woven, braided
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 033596
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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2nd half of the 19th century
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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New Zealand
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Change of physical control
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when
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1903
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- Provenance
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The Leipzig
publisher Hermann Meyer (1871-1932) donated this feather cloak to the
Linden Museum in 1903. As part of this donation, a total of four further
objects from Aotearoa/New Zealand were donated to the museum, along with
other ethnographic objects. Part of the donation was also a life-size
"figure of a New Zealander" acquired from the company "J. F. G. Umlauff,
Naturalienhandlung und Museum" in Hamburg, which no longer exists today.
It can be assumed that H. Meyer also acquired the five objects from
Aotearoa/New Zealand from Umlauff in Hamburg. Text: Ulrich
Menter
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- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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