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A fine and early Kaitaka P'p'roa. Kaitaka is the name given to…
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A fine and early Kaitaka P'p'roa. Kaitaka is the name given to cloaks made of the finest flax with taniko boarders. This superb example is has a wide taniko boarder to the bottom and with narrower boarders to the sides. The cloak is woven in double pair twining throughout. The taniko is worked in black and undyed flax fibre and with coloured wool with abstract triangular motifs. Some damage to the taniko fringe but overall in superb condition. Circa 1870, 122 x 168 cm. Provenance: private collection America. Formerly in the collection of the De Young Museum in San Francisco
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Tribal: New Zealand Maori