Finely plaited small bag

Description:

Commencement from square base, four corners, no joins. Plaited in twilled two with overlaid black banana strips forming decoration. There are also overlaid strips of pale material, perhaps pandanus. At the rim the ends of the strips are secured by twining before being folded down and twined into place. Flat braids of bast leave rim from four points, pairs are then united before the remaining two braids, with added lengths of bast with ends pro...

Collections:

Auckland Museum Collections Online

Content partner:

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

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