Story: Manufacturing – an overview

The women and children shown in this 1906 painting are making korowai (cloaks). Weaving was a manufacturing process fundamental to Māori society. It was used to make clothing, kete and other containers, mats and sandals. The fishing nets, rope, and the tukutuku paneling visible on the wall of the wharenui in which the women and children are working, were all made with weaving techniques.