Special Research Visit from Ngaa Kitai Taria Pureariki and Dr Michaela Appel

Last week the Barckloth Conservation Lab was pleased to receive a visit from Dr Michaela Appel, Curator at The Museum Fünf Kontinente and Ngaa Kitai Taria Pureariki, from Aitutaki in the Cook Islands.

Colour photo of Ngaa Kitai Taria Pureariki, from Aitutaki in the Cook Islands, examining part of a maro loincloth (GLAHM E.670) from Rarotonga, the largest of the Cook Islands (copyright University of Glasgow) — Ngaa Kitai Taria Pureariki, from Aitutaki in the Cook Islands, examining part of a *maro* loincloth (The Hunterian, GLAHM E.670) from Rarotonga, the largest of the Cook Islands

Michaela and Ngaa were in Glasgow for a two-day research visit viewing Aitutaki objects held across the Hunterian Collection. Here, Michaela and Ngaa discuss two key pieces of barkcloth with our Project Conservator, Misa Tamura (E.457/8. & E.670).

Colour photo of the project’s Research Conservator, Misa Tamura, with Dr Michaela Appel, Curator at The Museum Fünf Kontinente in Munich and Ngaa Kitai Taria Pureariki, from Aitutaki in the Cook Islands. They are examining part of a maro loincloth (GLAHM E.670) from Rarotonga, the largest of the Cook Islands (copyright University of Glasgow) — Misa Tamura (left) with Dr Michaela Appel, Curator at The Museum Fünf Kontinente in Munich, and Ngaa Kitai Taria Pureariki

Colour photograph of the project’s Research Conservator, Misa Tamura, with Dr Michaela Appel, Curator at The Museum Fünf Kontinente in Munich and Ngaa Kitai Taria Pureariki, from Aitutaki in the Cook Islands. They are looking at a plain, Tahitian cloth, GLAHM E.457/8 (copyright University of Glasgow) — Misa Tamura, Dr Michaela Appel and Ngaa Kitai Taria Pureariki looking at a plain, Tahitian cloth (GLAHM E.457/8)

Michaela and Ngaa also visited our research partners at The Hunterian Museum and Kelvin Hall.