Kahu Huruhuru
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Kahu Huruhuru / feather cloak. Made of woven fibre backing with kererū, kākā. falcon and tūī feathers. Complex patterning over surface of triangular and diamond motifs. 8 horizontal bands of patterning. The top two bands are worn around one third of the feather thrums missing. Wear on the lower two corners and the left hand side in particular. Two plaited natural fibre ties. Double pair twine 12mm. Shaped cloak.
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After Sir James Carroll died in 1926 and having no children, his wife Hēni gave a few of his taonga including this kahu huruhuru to James Lyndon Kirker. His son James Ralston (Peter) Kirker inherited these items and when Peter died in 1985 his wife June Kirker donated the cloak to the Tairawhiti Museum. Though born in Wairoa, Sir James Carroll and Hēni made Gisborne their home. The Kirker family had whakapapa in Gisborne through James Lyndon Kirker's wife Ella May, grandaughter of Kate Wyllie who lived in the Wyllie Cottage which now forms part of the Tairawhiti Museum.
- Paul Kirker posted 3 months ago.