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Mai. 



Timu, or Whakatipu : This is a rough, strong, and ser- 

 viceable cloak (as, indeed, are all iii'ii and^afe) worn over the 

 shoulders. They are not long trailing cloaks like the kakahu, 

 already described, which are often as large as a single blanket. 

 The mai, pake, toi, and kiekie might be described as capes. 

 They are tied with a cord, and are so constructed as to turn 

 rain well. 



The timu is woven of the coarser varieties of flax, and is 

 covered with short pieces of undressed flax about fin. wide, 

 which lap over each other, and turn rain as a shingled roof 

 does. The strips of undressed flax (harakeke) are about Gin. 

 long, and are scraped for about 1 in. in the centre, to enable 

 them to be bent easily and lie flat on the body of the cape. 

 They are inserted under the aha (cross-threads) as the garment 

 is being made, being held by the aJio in the centre, the two 

 ends hanging down over tlie kaupupa, or body of cape. On 

 the top of the cape is a thick twist of undyed whitau, which is 

 the lohiri (collar). Interwoven with the whirl is a cord of 

 fibre dyed black, the ends of which hang down at either end 

 and are used to tie the cape. These capes are about 4 ft. by 

 3 ft. 



Manaeka ( = mangaeka) : This is a species of timu, but is 

 somewhat more showy, as the strips of harakeke (Jiukahuka) 

 covering it are dyed in various colours. A manaeka in my 

 possession is of three colours, the covering-strips being in 

 black, brown, and yellow. The black and brown are arranged 

 in vertical bands about 4 in. wide, while the yellovv strips are 

 attached in bunches of four each, set at intervals ; also five 

 bunches of ten each are attached to the ivhiri, or collar. 

 Manaeka (the elided "g" is a peculiarity of the Mataatua 

 dialect) is the name of the yellow hukahuka, or strips ; hence 

 the name of cloak. " Ka ynanaekatia te whakatipu " is said of 

 inserting these yellow hukahuka. The word " ivhakaewaeioa " 

 bears the same meaning as " manaeka." These yellow thrums 

 (hukahuka), known as ''manaeka," are so coloured by being 

 scraped {hammu. Cf. hangu — hard) by means of a shell (kuku), 

 and heated before a mass of glowing embers. 



Pukaha, or Pureke : This is a very rough cape of inferior 

 whitau. 



Pora, or Tuapora : A rough cape of harakeke.^- Used as a 

 generic term. 



Tatara : A cape of whitau ground covered outside with 



* Rough shoulder cloaks and capes were also made of the fibre of the 

 leaves of the ti or cabbage-tree, the dead leaves {kuka) of whicli were 

 used as aho and hukahuka. 

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