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What’s in a Name? The Practice and Politics of Classifying Māori Textiles

Smith, Catherine Ann; Laing, Raechel M

Textiles form an important part of Māori culture, of interest to Europeans since contact with New Zealand in 1642. The need to describe Māori textiles in English has determined the terminology chosen to describe them, ...

Identification of historical plant material using micro-computed tomography

Smith, Catherine Ann; Lowe, Bronwyn J.; Blair, Kate; Carr, Debra; McNaughton, Andrew

This work investigates the use of micro-computed tomography (micro-CT, µCT) for identification of New Zealand plant leaf material from artefacts. Micro-computed tomography was explored as a result of difficulties in preparing ...