KETE WHATU

At a Glance - David K. Shields shares his work for a recent Te Rongo Kirkwood exhibition, a Maori art project showing the stages of life. Model Courtney Rutledge (N Model New Zealand) represents youth in traditional clothing styled by Kirkwood.

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This blog provides a visual-verbal snapshot of Maori culture and contemporary Maori lifestyles in modern New Zealand. It presents my own experiences and observations of Maori culture and is not intended in anyway to be the definitive view on all things Maori, but rather an introduction for those who want to know more about Maori culture and its place in everyday bicultural New Zealand.

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Kete Muka by Christina Hurihia Wirihana

Kete Muka by Christina Hurihia Wirihana

Kete muka (processed flax fibre) which is decorated with two rows of pheasant feathers. The woven patterns are whakapae (cross-over stitch) and māwhitiwhiti (criss-cross stitch).

I have been thinking about what to do at the top of the commission cloak. Trying out ideas by starting the rows. Firstly just plain. Well s...

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