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Wall hanging 1990
Flax, weka and kereru feathers, wood | 64.0 x 47.0 x 1.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 74071
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A rectangular woven flax wall hanging, the top braids looped onto a wooden pole. Woven with four horizontal bands of weka and kereru (pigeon) feathers between bands of brown flax-fibre cords, on a cream flax background with a fringe at the lower end.
A presentation letter states that 'the wall hanging is symbolic of Aotearoa, with muka flax fibre a motive of growth, interweaving of peoples, the pattern of cream a myriad of stars, Nga Purapura Whetu the sky itself, brown feathers of the weka denote Papatuanuku mother earth, white - green of the kereru (pigeon) of the Moana Nuiakiwa the ocean caressing our islands and those of the Polynesian peoples'.Provenance
Made by Diggeress Rangitamira Te Kanawa, and presented to HM Queen Elizabeth II by the Maori Women's Welfare League at Government House, Wellington, New Zealand, 8 February 1990.
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Medium and techniques
Flax, weka and kereru feathers, wood
Measurements
64.0 x 47.0 x 1.0 cm (whole object)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
The Maori Collections at the British Museum / by Dorota C. Starzecka, Roger Neich & Mick Pendergrast (2010) No. 589, p. 73
Place of Production
New Zealand