Rapaki Kilt, Cincture
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1840
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "RAPAKI" KILT, A WAIST MAT WITH WOVEN BACK, WITH SCRAPED BLACKENED ENDS FORMING THE BODY OF THE GARMENT. THE FREE ENDS OF THE WARPS ARE FLAXEN ROLLS. THERE ARE TEN SINGLE-PAIR TWINE WEFT ROWS, TWO DOUBLE-PAIR TWINE WEFT ROWS AND ELEVEN COMPLETE WEFT ROWS WITH TWO ELLIPTICAL INSERTS. THE WAIST IS HEAVILY BRAIDED WITH THREE-PLY CORD, WITH THE REMNANT OF A FASTENING CORD ON ONE SIDE OF THE GARMENT. EXAMINED BY M. COOPER, 1967, D.R. SIMMONS, 1974, AND DESCRIBED BY D.T. KAHOTEA, 1984.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THIS IS A RUPAKI CINCTURE-S.H. RIESENBERG. D.R. SIMMONS: WAIST MAT WITH WOVEN BACK WITH WEFT LINES FOUR AND FIVE CENTIMETERS APART WITH TWO LINES OF HORIZONTAL INSERT TWO ROWS BENEATH THE WAIST BAND. MOST THE WEFT LINES ARE SINGLE LINES BUT THE LINES HOLDING THE FRONT THATCH ARE DOUBLE PAIR. THE FRONT TAGS ARE VERY FINE PIUPIU TAGS WITH DYED AREAS BUT NO PATTERNING. NOV. 1974 ."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 535 as ""Rapaki" or cincture, worn by the women of New Zealand in their dances."
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3763-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kilt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 59 cm
label: Width - Bottom
content: 100 cm
label: Width - Top
content: 120 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 59 cm
label: Width - Object Bottom
content: 100 cm
label: Width - Object Top
content: 120 cm