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Dog-skin cloak (1 o 2)

Dog-skin cloak (1 o 2)

There are several stories about the origin of Ngāti Kurī’s name (kurī means dog). One says that they lured some enemies out of a pā by making a ‘whale’ from dog-skin cloaks such as the one pictured here. Their enemy hoped to gain whalebone and meat; instead they met defeat.

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Auckland War Memorial Museum
Reference: Ethno 280

Permission of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Te Papa Whakahiku must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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