Pihepihe Maori cloak
New Zealand Textile, plant fibers H. 84 cm - L. 136 cm
Provenance:
- André Fourquet (1928-2001), Paris
- Pierre Bergé & associés, Paris, February 12, 2014, lot 303
- French private collection
Rare rectangular Maori cloak made of fabric decorated with innumerable bangs of twisted and dyed plant fibers. A comparable piece is in the British Museum (see Starzecka, Neich and Pendergrast, pl. 157, cat. 1780).
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