Tāniko
Tāniko (or taaniko) is a traditional weaving technique of the Māori of New Zealand related to "twining".[1] It may also refer to the resulting bands of weaving, or to the traditional designs.Traditionally free hanging warps were suspended between two weaving pegs and the process involved twining downward.The traditional weaving material is muka, fibre prepared from the New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) by scraping, pounding and washing.This has led to tāniko practitioners Diggeress Te Kanawa and her mother Dame Rangimārie Hetet receiving honorary doctorates from the University of Waikato.
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