Traditionally Hand made (breadfruit) Tivaevae

Traditionally Hand made (breadfruit) Tivaevae

NZ$2,500.00

Size: 2.5mtrs x 3mtrs

One of the most important of the traditional crafts and patternmaking activities, of the Cook Islands is Tivaevae quilt making.

Tivaevae takes a prominent place on important occasions and no Cook Islands home is complete without at least one.

Tivaevae are used as bedcovers, wall hangings and farewell gifts, and are displayed and given at haircutting ceremonies, engagements, twenty-firt birthdays, weddings funerals and headstone unveilings. They are also given as gifts to important people such as ministers and judges.

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