item details
NameTu Muka (woman's belt)
ProductionUnknown; weaver; 1820-1870; North Island
Classificationbelts
Materialsmuka (fibre)
Materials Summaryundyed and dyed harakeke (phormium tenax, NZ flax) fibre
Techniqueshand weaving, weaving
DimensionsOverall: 385mm (width), 25mm (height), 2050mm (length)
Registration NumberME000512
Credit lineAugustus Hamilton Collection. Purchased 1914
Overview
A woman's waist belt made of twisted strands of dyed and undyed harakeke fibre. The red-brown colour is achieved by dying the fibre in boiled hinau bark, and tanekaha bark for the black-brown.