The Maori traditionally used a tool called a "muka" to cut flax leaves. This tool was made from a sharp, narrow-bladed stone or shell attached to a wooden handle. The Maori would carefully slice the flax leaves at an angle to extract the fibers for weaving and other purposes.
Harakeke = Flax
The Maori name for flax is "harakeke".
kohunga is a type of flax. Harakeke is the most commonly used Maori word for flax (Phormium Tenax). Muka is flax that has been prepared for use.
Pupu Harakeke is the Flax Snail (Placastylus ambagiasus).
A Maori puipui is a traditional woven flax skirt worn by Maori women for ceremonial occasions. It is adorned with decorative patterns and can vary in length and style depending on the region and purpose.
Harakeke = Flax
The Maori name for flax is "harakeke".
kohunga is a type of flax. Harakeke is the most commonly used Maori word for flax (Phormium Tenax). Muka is flax that has been prepared for use.
flax and cloaks
harakeke is Maori for flax
The plants they used was harakeke (maori word for Flax)
Flax is a plant that was used by early Maori to make things such as mats there is one :)
Pupu Harakeke is the Flax Snail (Placastylus ambagiasus).
A Maori puipui is a traditional woven flax skirt worn by Maori women for ceremonial occasions. It is adorned with decorative patterns and can vary in length and style depending on the region and purpose.
A kete is a basket usually woven from flax.
piupiu is the name of the flax skirt worn by the Maori.
it's made mostly made out of flax