page_title: Māori traditional textiles
section_title: Kahu huruhuru
hierarchical_section_title: Māori traditional textiles / Fine cloaks / Kahu huruhuru
caption_attribution_description: English: Detail of the bottom border of a Māori kahu kiwi (Kiwi feather cloak), showing the weave. The distinctive nature of the kiwi feather can clearly been seen. In the top left is a conventional brid feather. The original cloak is held in the John Cawte Beaglehole Room at the Victoria University of Wellington.
context_page_description: Māori traditional textiles are the indigenous textiles of the Māori people of New Zealand. The organisation Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa, the national Māori weavers' collective, aims to preserve and foster the skills of making and using these materials.
context_section_description: Fine feather cloaks called kahu huruhuru were made of muka fibre with bird feathers woven in to cover the entire cloak. These feather cloaks became more common during between 1850 and 1900, when cloaks were evolving in their production. Some early examples include kahu kiwi (kiwi feather cloak), which used the soft brown feathers of the kiwi (Apteryx spp). Kahu kiwi were regarded as the most prestigious form of kahu huruhuru. Other kahu huruhuru incorporated the green and white feathers of the kereru (New Zealand pigeon: Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) and blue feathers from the tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae).
caption: Detail of the bottom edge of a kahu kiwi, showing the distinctive hair-like nature of the kiwi feathers.
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