Object Number | P2223 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Maori |
Provenience | New Zealand |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Flax |
Description | Flax cloak (korowai). Rectangular flax cloak with dark brown/black rolled fibers forming dense fringes top and bottom and sparse fringes (some missing) along edges. Rolled fibers also spaced in rows across the surface. Edge with the longer thick fringe is the top: the fringe would hang down when worn. |
Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman; Subscription of Herbert L. Clark in memory of Edward W. Clark, 1911 |
Other Number | 1470 - Dealer's Number |
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