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When the Māori settled Aotearoa New Zealand in the fourteenth century, they brought many plants with them from the Cook Islands. However, their traditional plants for producing garments (pandanus and paper mulberry) were entirely unsuited to New Zealand’s temperate climate. Thus followed the domestication of Harakeke, the endemic New Zealand Flax, from which this eighteenth century cloak is finger twined. There are many different styles of Māori cloak, but the kaitaka is rendered particularly beautiful by its intricate taniko border. This cloak is further ennobled with alternate groups of feathers in grey, blue, red, orange and white. Kaitaka were generally worn with the taniko border at the lower edge, meaning this example is particularly unusual in having its feathers pointing upwards.
Title
Kaitaka Huruhuru Feather Cloak
Date
1700–1770
Medium
harakeke fibre & feather
Measurements
H 112 x W 120 cm
Accession number
GLAHM:E.422
Acquisition method
bequeathed by William Hunter, 1783
Work type
Textile art
The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
82 Hillhead Street, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Scotland
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