Traditional NZ flax weaving, a woven bag made with a fishing net knot to collect seafood
Closeup of the scored and prepared flax strands to make Maori piupiu skirts, with the muka fibre showing
Unfinished work in progress with blue and natural flax strands
Closeup of shiny white flax fibres extracted from the rolled up flax blades
Kitchen splashback picture for standard size 900 x 750 mm
Kitchen splashback picture for standard size 900 x 750 mm
Closeup of the extracted shiny white flax fibres – NZ flax weaving
Harakeke cloak made with dyed muka flax fibres
Maori shoulder cloak, harakeke cape made with white flax fibre
New Zealand flax weaving, harakeke cloak made of white fibre
New Zealand flax weaving, harakeke cape made of white fibre
Closeup of finely hand woven white fibres in cross stitched finger twining
Portrait lookout through flax bushes - Northland, New Zealand
New Zealand flax (harakeke) weaving (raranga), detail of a mat (whariki) - 18.87 MB, 5959 x 3973 px, with property release
Close up of a traditional and natural weaving - background
Kitchen splashback picture for standard size 900 x 750 mm
Traditional vessel to bury the placenta of a newborn Maori baby
Native NZ beach plant, also Golden sand sedge, pikao or Ficinia
Closeup of finely woven white and tanekaha dyed flax fibres
Closeup of natural strands after processing - kiekie is a native NZ bush plant, Freycinetia banksii, related to pandanus
Kitchen splashback picture for standard size 900 x 750 mm
New Zealand flax weaving solution for safe co-sleeping in bed
Kitchen splashback picture for standard size 900 x 750 mm
A typical woven hat (with property release from the maker All Flax NZ)
Closeup with natural white and tanekaha dyed muka strands
Shoulder cloak made of white muka fibre and pokinikini
Black & white kitchen splashback picture for standard size 900 x 750 mm
Closeup of an example of New Zealand flax weaving
Closeup of a woven mat in natural colour - background
With transition from white natural and to dark dyed colours
Tanekaha dyed and natural white muka fibre - NZ flax weaving
The art of flax weaving is a Maori tradition in New Zealand