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Māori traditional textiles
Illustration credit: M. Jackson,
Illustrated London News
The
traditional clothing of the Māori
can be seen in this
engraving
of a meeting between
Māori
and
settlers
in
Hawke's Bay Province
during the
Invasion of Waikato
in 1863.
Muka
, the
fibre
of
New Zealand flax
, was the basis of most clothing.
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