Caring for the only known full kākāpō feather cloak in the world

Re:Caring for the only known full kākāpō feather cloak in th... by mkl on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @01:26AM (#32907974)

Asked by Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Scotland, where the cloak is going next. Not Te Papa or elsewhere in NZ.

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Re:Caring for the only known full kākāpō feather cloak in th... by ehnto on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @04:42AM (#32909188)

> A unique example of a Māori cloak or kahu kākāpō (‘cloak of kākāpō feathers’) has been preserved for future generations to enjoy after vital conservation work was conducted in a partnership between Culture Perth and Kinross, the British Museum and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Maybe the article is wrong, or did you just not see the preamble?

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Re:Caring for the only known full kākāpō feather cloak in th... by rdc12 on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @05:01AM (#32909341)

That quote doesn't contradict what mkl said, towards the end of the article it does say this thou, "The cloak will be on display in the new museum developed in Perth, set to open in Spring 2024."

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Re:Caring for the only known full kākāpō feather cloak in th... by mkl on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @06:52AM (#32910064)

As your quote says, the conservation work was a collaboration. The cloak itself has since 1842 been in the possession of organisations in Perth, Scotland, the most recent of which asked the British Museum and Te Papa to help restore it, and it will now be loaned to the British Museum. It has not been in New Zealand in nearly 200 years, so has not ever been in our national museum, Te Papa.

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