Weaving 3

KETE MUKA

My first muka kete - made October 2011.  Muka is the inside fibre of the flax leaf. It is extracted by traditional methods using a mussel shell.  It is then hand-spun, washed and beaten. I have used embroidery thread for the aho and it is decorated with mawhitiwhiti pattern and paheke.  It has plaited muka handles.