item details
NamePlacemat
ProductionUnknown; weaver; 1890-1910; Te Kūiti
Classificationplacemats
Materialsmuka (fibre)
Techniquesweaving
DimensionsOverall: 310mm (diameter)
Registration NumberME015678
Credit lineGift of Hugh Alan Kent-Johnston and Margaret Florence Janssen, 1994
Overview
This hand-woven and hand-dyed muka (dressed NZ flax) place mat was given to Lionel Jacobs, a Te Kuiti land agent, by local Maori (Ngati Maniapoto), between the yaers 1890-1910.