Aotaumarewa Lorraine Elkington Morehouse is a woman of Maori ancestry who collaborated in the creation of the Pacific Voices exhibit, as well as the accompanying book that features personally significant cultural objects from communities of the Pacific.
When asked to select one object that represents both the richness of Maori culture and creates a sense of cultural identity, Morehouse chose the Korowai.


This information is excerpted from Chapter 4 of Pacific Voices: Keeping our Cultures Alive.
Photo (top) Feather cloak, like the one Morehouse describes, from the Burke’s Ethnology Collection. Photo (bottom) Close-up of the border done in a traditional twining technique, called taniko.