Woven cloak of phormium tenax fibres. The phormium tenax fibres are aligned and stitched together one cm intervals throughout. The main body of the cloak is of the natural straw colour. The cloak is trimmed on all four sides with alternating bands of light and dark feathers of a greenish/grey palette. The inner square of the outer surface of the cloak is decorated with the same feathers in a sporadic scattered way reminiscent of the fibre tags of a korowai cloak.
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