Open AccessMai i Te Ao Kōhatu: Weaving - An Art Form Derive from Mātauranga Māori as a Gift from the Ancestors
Author(s) -
Kahutoi Te Kanawa
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
kaharoa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1178-6035
DOI - 10.24135/tekaharoa.v1i1.137
Subject(s) - weaving , craft , focus (optics) , sociology , visual arts , engineering , art , physics , mechanical engineering , optics
Aspects of traditional Maori weaving are examined in this article, with a focus on traditional processes of knowledge transmission, some of the practical and conceptual elements of traditional weaving and the distinction between weaving as an art as opposed to a craft.