Whatu kākahu
Subtitle: Māori cloaks
By: edited by Awhina Tamarapa
Edition: Revised edition.
Publisher: Te Papa Press
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Wellington, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780995113633
Subjects: Cloaks; Hand weaving; Maori (New Zealand people); Clothing; Material culture; Kākahu; Whatu kākahu; Museum of New Zealand
Other titles: Māori cloaks
Description: "In this revised edition, a new chapter celebrates stunning contemporary kākahu that have come into the Te Papa collection since 2011. It also discusses the care and continuity of Māori cloak weaving from the viewpoint of weaving practitioners, researchers and museum custodians"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

In English with Māori terminology.
Table of contents: title: Te mana o te kākahu = The prestige of cloaks / Kahutoi Te Kanawa and 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 ; Whiria, kia tina = Bind, hold fast / Awhina Tamarapa; title: Types of cloaks known from museum collections.