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Kōrero: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori

He parirau, 1847 pea

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Hawk-wing headdress, around 1847

Kei runga i te ūpoko o Pōahu (taha mauī) ko ngā parirau e rua o te kārearea. Nā George French Angas tēnei pikitia i tā i te tau 1847. E mau ana a ‘E Koti’ i ngā kura kārearea, he mea whakarākei anō ki te kōkōwai me te hinu o te ate mangō. I ahu mai ngā tāne e rua nei i Tūranganui, ā, i tae rātou ki roto o Mōkau ki Te Rohe Pōtae o Maniapoto. E mau korowai ana rātou, ā, he hukahuka pango kei runga i te korowai. Kei runga ake te korowai a Poahu i tana hāte kahurangi. E toropaepae ana ētahi whakairoiro i runga i tana korowai, ā, he mētara nō te mīhana Jesuit kei tōna taringa. Kei te taha matau ko ngā tamariki a te rangatira o Kāwhia a Te Pakaru. E mau ana ngā kōtiro e rua i te kaitaka tāniko.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki

Reference: 2009/16/13.1-2

by George French Angas

Permission of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori – Adorning the head, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/41011/hawk-wing-headdress-around-1847 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, i tāngia i te 4 March 2013.