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Te Rangi Hiroa (Sir Peter Buck) 1921. Maori Decorative Art: No 1, House-panels (Arapaki, Tuitui, or Tukutuku). Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 53: 452-470

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Detailed article on the techniques and designs used in decorating house panels. The vertical stakes consisted of the flower-stalks (kākaho) of the toetoe (Cortaderia spp). The vertical rods were of stalks of bracken fern, tōtara or rimu. The flexible material for stitching the design was harakeke, kiekie or pīngao. Kiekie was preferred to flax because of its whiteness. Pīngao was used for its orange colour.

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Maori Decorative Art: No 1, House-panels (Arapaki, Tuitui, or Tukutuku)
1921
Te Rangi Hiroa (Sir Peter Buck)
Transactions of the New Zealand Institute
53
452
470

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