Story: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori

These unidentified Whanganui women are displaying handweaving, including cloaks, in the 1930s, possibly at a gathering of the local Māori Women's Institute. In this period the art of cloak making and other handweaving crafts was in decline, and weaving skills continued to disappear for several more decades. Since the 1970s there has been a significant revival of traditional Māori weaving.