PERSONAL RECORD. DEED, COLIN V. MĀORI CLOTHING

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Year
1967
Reference
F41735
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Year
1967
Reference
F41735
Media type
Moving image
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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Amateur
Duration
0:53:43
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes

033:09 Part 1
033:12 “Maori Clothing”
Young lads eeling and swimming naked in lake edge; woman emerges from flax bushes beside lake to cut and bundle flax; leaves and walks along the beach; young lads fetching kaimoana (seafood) from the rocks; kina (sea eggs) placed inside kete; naked young lads running and playing in the bush; manuka fences around Whakarewarewa.
041:48 Woman splitting, marking and stripping flax with mussel shell; hanging the flax strips up to dry; weaving; dying the muka in black mud; washing almost completed piupiu; hanging piupiu up to dry; wearing the piupiu as well as men modelling other types of woven skirts.
047:50 Young boys playing hand games; demonstrating the art of catching native birds like the kereru (pigeon) and wildlife.
059:55 Entrance of Hinemoa & Tutanekai at Whakarewarewa; woman plucking feathers from a bird; preparing to weave a korowai; dexterity and nimble fingers make weaving look so easy; young lady models several different korowai in the background.

01:04:08 Part 2
01:04:11 “Maori Clothing”
Various types of korowai are modelled.
01:08:00 Woman collecting another type of flax; pounding flax; placing muka into purple dye; tramping same muka into the mud at the edge of the lake; hanging dyed muka on tree branch to dry; nimble fingers weaving taniko; a display of the different taniko patterns; two young ladies model the pare (bodice) ti-pare (head band) man with his tapeka (sash) draped over his shoulder; woman weaving a whariki (mat) various kete are also on display; the kono (food basket) woman weaving the straps for her kete.
01:17:48 Young boys having fun jumping naked into the river; various young men pose semi-nude to show examples of the puhoro (thigh) and raperape (buttocks) tattoo designs; weapons demonstration.
01:25:52 The End