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Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / Maori culture | | English term or phrase: Muka | The passage is about a maori "Nguru" (nose flute) made of wood and **muka**. No more details
Has anybody got an idea as to what this material is in French?
Thank you |
| | | fibre de phormium (de lin) | Explanation:
"This is an image of a handcrafted pūtōrino (flute) made from a section of hardwood, which has been split, hollowed out and bound together with muka (flax fibre)."
http://artsonline2.tki.org.nz/resources/units/music_units/vo...
"Le lin de Nouvelle-Zélande est le nom commun donné aux deux espèces de plantes ... sont connus sous les noms Māori respectivement de Harakeke et Wharariki. ... Des fibres de Phormium (appelées muka) étaient conscienceusement lavées, ..."
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phormium
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Note added at 7 mins (2011-05-17 20:37:22 GMT)
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phormium |
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 FX Fraipont
Belgium
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| May 20, 2011 - Changes made by FX Fraipont: | | Created KOG entry | KudoZ term => KOG term |
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