noun
mass noun1New Zealand Ornamental woven latticework panels used for decoration, particularly on the walls of a Maori meeting house.
‘there is barely a patch of wall that hasn't been carved or covered with tukutuku’- ‘The artist's "The What Is and the What Is Not" plays with the binary codes of computer technology, suggesting the tukutuku of a whare.’
- ‘The church was carved by local carvers, and local weavers completed the tukutuku.’
- ‘The tukutuku were woven from pingao, a natural-coloured plant found in sand dunes, and keikie from the forest—an epiphyte that grows in the forks of trees.’
- ‘The tukutuku were made by pupils in her Te Reo/English class, where art is used to teach other subjects.’
- ‘A group of 43 woven panels—or tukutuku—were installed on permanent display next to the entry of the General Assembly Hall last week,’
- ‘These tukutuku are a stunning representation of our culture and our country.’
- ‘The class discusses the ways tukutuku are presented and how they convey their meanings.’
- ‘In New Zealand, we are used to seeing tukutuku in our meeting houses.’
- ‘One of the three women highlighted in this chapter makes tukutuku.’
- ‘Along with others, it took her three years to do the tukutuku for the courtyard.’
- 1.1The Maori art or practice of weaving ornamental latticework panels.‘her expertise is in tukutuku’
- ‘New innovations reveal the clever adaptation of tukutuku to make fire screens, glass-covered tabletops, and room dividers.’
- ‘Like many Maori arts, the art of tukutuku came perilously close to being lost.’
- ‘His specific interest in tukutuku was such that he designed panels himself.’
- ‘Tukutuku is a type of ornamental weaving using reed latticework rather than threads.’
- ‘Traditional tukutuku is made from reeds set vertically side by side, with horizontal wooden laths lashed in front of them.’
- ‘Find resources about weaving and tukutuku from Christchurch City Libraries.’
- ‘Because of her spiritual and cultural relationship with Maori communities in connection with her skills in tukutuku, I felt there was something here to be shared.’
- ‘Over the years, there have only been a few with enough skills and commitment to do tukutuku.’
- ‘With a voice that has experienced many years of tukutuku, she says, "I'm in my late 70s, and at this stage it becomes a bore after a while, and your eyesight goes".’
- ‘She has scaled down her intensive work with tukutuku and looks forward to spending one day a week teaching others in the art of weaving.’
Origin
Early 20th century Maori.
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