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Kōrero: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori

He titireia tohorā

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Whalebone titireia

I whakairotia tēnei titireia (30 henemita te roa, 10 henemita te whānui) i te kōiwi kotahi. He kanohi pāua tō te manaia. He whānui te whakamahi o te titireia e te hunga tāne rangatira. Nā te tapu o ēnei taonga kīhai i tukuna mā tētahi atu e mau. E ai rā te tikanga ki te nuinga, ka tapukehia i te taha o te kaipupuri i tōna matenga. Hei te hahunga o ngā kōiwi, ka haere ngā karakia whakanoa, ka pai noa te tuku atu ki te reanga hou.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: OL000039

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Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

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/object/41014/whalebone-titireia (accessed 4 June 2026).

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