640 Transactions. — MisceUa7ieous. 



TaJi2ika: Same material. It resembles a korowai, but 

 has no thrums. 



Pakijoaki : Same material. It is like an aronui, with 

 taniko on all sides. It has an extra tvhakairo piece woven 

 on to the taniko, which piece is termed pakipaki ; hence name 

 of cloak. Papaki means to fasten one thing on another, to 

 sew together. Among Tuhoe the terms '' papai " and " rcqja " 

 are used to denote the sewing of a patch on a garment. 



Hihwia : Same material, but is entirely white. It has no 

 taniko or whakairo, and all the thrums are white. 



The taniko, or ornamental coloured borders, are, as a rule, 

 woven on after the body of the gaiaiient is finished. About 

 ten threads are woven at once, all of which are miro except 

 two, which are karure (double threads). These kartire are 

 termed the " ngakaii," and are used to prevent the piece 

 being woven from puckering or becoming irregular Qiinaru- 

 naru). They are frequently pulled by the weaver, to keep 

 the work straight and even. Names of famous weavers are 

 long remembered. Should a koeke (elder) be watching my 

 riavahine weaving taniko, he will say, " Whakairo ana a Te 

 Waha-mu " (Te Waha-mu is w^eaving), the latter being the 

 name of her great grandmother, a famous weaver. 



The above given were the swell cloaks of Tuhoe Land — 

 that is, of the flax garments ; but we yet have the feather 

 cloaks to deal with, many of which were particularly striking. 

 No cloaks have the taniko in centre or on the body of the 

 garment, nor yet on upper end. 



In making feather cloaks the ground {kaupapa) was 

 woven of flax-fibre as in making a koroicai, the feathers being 

 inserted in regular rows, and bound by the aho as the work 

 proceeded. The feathers were secured so as to overlap, and 

 in a well-made cloak were almost as smooth, regular, and 

 even as the plumage of a bird. Very beautiful is a well-made 

 feather cloak, inasmuch as the various coloured feathers are 

 often worked in regular and tasteful patterns. Again, some 

 are white with a deep border of black feathers, others in 

 squares of black and white. A fine one in my possession is 

 worked in small triangles of black and white alternately, the 

 edges of each figure being marked by a row of red feathers of 

 the kaka. The cloak is a very handsome one, and was pre- 

 sented to me as an oha by the Tama-kai-moana hapu of 

 Maunga-pohatu. 



These feather cloaks are known as kakahic kiira or Imru- 

 huru. When made wholly of the feathers of one species of 

 bird they received such names as kahu kmi, kakahu kakapo, 

 kahu kercru, &c. Some fine feather cloaks are yet made in 

 this district. 



