Academic Journal
Māori Textiles from Puketoi Station, Otago, New Zealand.
| Title: | Māori Textiles from Puketoi Station, Otago, New Zealand. |
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| Authors: | White, Moira (AUTHOR), Ann Smith, Catherine (AUTHOR) Catherine.smith@otago.ac.nz, Te Kanawa, Kahu (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Textile History. Nov2015, Vol. 46 Issue 2, p213-234. 22p. 3 Black and White Photographs, 1 Chart, 1 Map. |
| Abstract: | A group of Māori textile artefacts were discovered in a rock shelter in the southern South Island of New Zealand in 1895. The assemblage comprised a significant number of textile and textile-related artefacts including large and small bags, footwear and prepared leaf and fibre for textile production. The artefacts were privately owned until the 1920s when they were acquired by the Otago Museum, remaining there until new techniques made further investigation possible. This paper presents information from an interdisciplinary investigation of the Puketoi Station assemblage of textile artefacts, which examined artefact structure, form and function, and materials of construction. Interpretation of these artefacts using contemporary textile analysis methods, traditional weaving knowledge, and recent archaeological research, turns them from static objects into dynamic components of culture. The Puketoi Station artefacts embody and illustrate a unique material culture associated with the late prehistoric southern New Zealand Māori lifestyle. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
| Subject Terms: | *Maori textiles, *Antiquities, *Textiles, History |
| Geographic Terms: | Otago (N.Z.) |
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| ISSN: | 00404969 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00404969.2015.1121664 |
| Database: | Art & Architecture Complete |
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