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1. Kete - Kete, square with strap made of plaited flax.

   Kete, square with strap made of plaited flax. The kete has 2 tassels, one on each side of the strap. It has decoration in a cross-stitch design on both sides of red and black flax; the colouring extends onto the flax fringe. The colouring in this weaving is produced by soaking the whatau/ muka in natural dyes. Dyes were produced from either paru/black mud or from the bark from any one of a number of native trees, depending on the colour requi...

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