Whatu kākahu
Subtitle: Māori cloaks
By: edited by Awhina Tamarapa
Contributors: Tamarapa, Awhina, 1966-
Publisher: Te Papa Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Wellington, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781877385568
Subjects: Cloaks; Congresses; Hand weaving; Maori (New Zealand people); Clothing; Maori Textile fabrics; Material culture; Catalogs; Ethnological museums and collections; Kākahu; Whatu kakahu; Museum of New Zealand
Other titles: Māori cloaks
Notes: Outgrowth of a wānaga (symposium) of hand weavers held at Te Papa Tongarewa in Aug. 2007, and featuring 40 cloaks from the museum's collections. Cf. introd., p. 14-15.

Includes bibliographical references (p.193-195) and index.

Text in English.
Table of contents: title: Te mana o te kākahu = The prestige of cloaks / Kahutoi Te Kanawa amd John Turi-Tiakitai; title: Ngā aho = Threads that join / Toi Te Rito Maihi; title: Ko te pūtaiao, te ao o ngā tūpuna = Ancestral Māori scientific practice / Patricia Te Arapo Wallace; title: Te ao tawhito/te ao hou = Entwined threads of tradition and innovation / Maureen Lander; title: Whatu = The enclosing threads / Margery Blackman; title: Ngā kākahu o Te Papa = The cloaks of Te Papa / Awhina Tamarapa; title: Types of cloaks known from museum collections.