Skirt
Kilt
18133
From: New Zealand | North Island | Waikato Region | Coromandel | Thames
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Rapaki |
| Object Number | 18133 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Maori |
| Provenience | New Zealand | North Island | Waikato Region | Coromandel | Thames |
| Locus | Near Thames |
| Period | Te Huringa I Period |
| Date Made | 1800 - 1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | New Zealand Flax |
| Description | A rapaki (kilt) made of muka (processed harakeke, New Zealand flax - Phormium tenax). Thrums of the phormium tenax are left loose and form a series of layers of fringe over the whole surface of the mantle, which is suspended from a double, heavy, plaited band of muka fiber. A rapaki is a kilt, or waist mat, that is worn during colder weather. They are worn by both men and women. According to notes made by the collector C.D. Voy, the waist mat was once worn by the wife of a Coromandel Māori Chief who lived near Thames. |
| Length | 63 cm |
| Width | 133 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of William Pepper, 1891 |
| Other Number | 29-58-130 - Found in Collection Number |
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