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‖ korowai N.Z.|ˈkɔrɔwai|
[Maori.]
A cloak or mat made of flax, ornamented with black twisted thrums. Also attrib.
1820Gram. & Vocab. Lang. N.Z. (Church Missionary Soc.) 168 Kóro ai, a certain garment. 1845E. J. Wakefield Adventure N.Z. I. 244 The korowai..is woven of muka, or scraped flax, and ornamented with bunches of twisted tags of the same, dyed black. Ibid. 245 A great many varieties of the korowai are made. 1900A. Hamilton Maori Art (1901) v. 285 The ground-work of a feather cloak is the same as that for a korowai mat. Ibid. 326 A plain korowai mat with the strings arranged in bands. 1921H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira xi. 92 The foe can be seen cloaked in their korowai mats. 1938R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 10 In the clear space by the flagpole old Tamarua is delivering a speech of welcome, mere in hand, korowai cloak swishing. 1955W. J. Phillipps Carved Maori Houses p. xii, Korowai, cloak ornamented with twisted black thrums. |