Know Your Maori Weaving (plaiting-weaving-tukutuku-whakatauki)

MURDOCH RILEY:

Weaving was born of necessity, to keep the body warm, to clothe it, just as potters of pre-history made pots for mankind to hold foods and liquids. B oth processess also express the human need to make and create, using the hands and eyes.

Weaving of natural, organic materials has a soothing and therapeutic effect. This little book describes briefly the traditional materials that Maori used for weaving over the centuries, the rituals, and how to make some simple objects.