TIVAEVAE COLLECTABLES
2nd September 2021
The main motif of the shop however are the chaotic explosions of color that are the hand sewn bespoke tivaevae, lovingly made by mamas from across all of the pa enua. Each piece of uniquely designed cloth takes hours of painstaking hand stich work, and can take months and sometimes years to finish.
Often a community initiative with many women working on one piece, these special art pieces have been the pride of the Cook Islands for decades.