Comments on: Adorning the head: Cook Islands ‘ei taomi pare (hatband) http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/08/10/adorning-the-head-cook-islands-ei-taomi-pare-hatband/ Our place, our voices Tue, 21 May 2013 22:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Safua Akeli http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/08/10/adorning-the-head-cook-islands-ei-taomi-pare-hatband/#comment-22497 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 01:49:01 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=17175#comment-22497 Thanks for visiting our blog Leon.

The dyes are synthetic because Cook Islands dance costumes made in the early 1900s from natural fibres such kiriau (hibiscus) were dyed using imported products.

To view some of the costumes in the collection, click on the following links:

http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2010/03/26/dance-costume-cook-islands-style/

http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=838604&term=cook+islands+dance+costume

]]> By: Leon Perrie http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/08/10/adorning-the-head-cook-islands-ei-taomi-pare-hatband/#comment-22495 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:03:18 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=17175#comment-22495 Thanks Safua, great post.

Any information on how the colours were produced in the ‘ei taomi pare made of kako grass? It is a striking object. It would be very cool if the dyes were natural/local!! But I suspect they’re synthetic…

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