Kaitaka aronui (cloak), by Māori artist, mid-19th century
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Kaitaka aronui (cloak)

Māori artist

mid-19th century

Medium
Flax (harakeke, Phormium tenax), wool
Classification
Textiles-Costumes
Dimensions
H. 44 3/4 × W. 68 in. (113.7 × 172.7 cm)
Culture
Maori people
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Credit line
Gift of Mark Blackburn, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2020
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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