Man's Kilt, "Hoka"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1840
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: A PLAITED BELT, OR KILT OF ROUGHLY SCUTCHED FLAX ABOUT 6 CM. WIDE WITH WOVEN BACKING. THE BODY OF THE KILT HAS TEN WEFT ROWS WHICH ARE SINGLE-PAIR TWINE. THE WAIST IS COMPOSED OF THICK THREE PLY BRAID. THE WEFT ROW WIDTH IS 2.5 TO 3 CM. SCRAPED TAGS ARE USED AS WARPS OF A LIGHT BROWN COLOR, WITH FREE WARP ENDS TO FORM TASSELS. A FEW TAGS ARE TIED INTO SINGLE-PAIR TWINE WEFT. PREPARED AND MOUNTED FOR EXHIBITION IN "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," BUT NEVER USED.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THOUGH ONCE CALLED A FEMALE CINCTURE, THIS IS ACTUALLY A MAN'S HOKA BELT-S.H. RIESENBERG. INVENTORIED 1975."
label: Notes
content: Maori fiber artist Arapeta Ashton identifies the primary material this object is made of as probably the climbing plant kiekie (Freycinetia banksii). He also suggests that the darker fiber adornments toward the top of the garment were dyed with mud.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) / Bay of Islands, New Zealand (Aotearoa), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Maori
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3764-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kilt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 62 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 63 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 105 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 62 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 105 cm