Te Mahi Kete: Maori Flaxcraft for Beginners

by Mick Pendergrast

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Learn how to make a plaited kete, one of the oldest and most popular of Maori art forms, from the leaves of New Zealand flax (phormium tenax). Te Mahi Kete gives detailed, step-by-step instructions for preparing the flax and plaiting two simple types of kete. It also shows variations in technique for starting and finishing, making the handles and incorporating a decorative pattern.
  • ISBN10 0790007444
  • ISBN13 9780790007441
  • Publish Date 25 October 2000
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 14 May 2010
  • Publish Country NZ
  • Imprint Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd
  • Edition 3rd Revised edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 100
  • Language English