kahu kiri kurī
1. (noun) dogskin cloak - highly prized cloaks at the time of early contact with Europeans and were worn by high ranking chiefs.
He kahu kiri kurī te kahu, kei te ore tērā ngā kōtuku o tōna pūtiki, he rangatira (JPS 1926:98). / His garment is a dogskin cloak, the white heron plumes of his topknot are quivering, and he's a chief.
