kahu tāniko
1. (noun) cloak of fine flax with ornamental border.
Te mahi a te kahu waero, a te tōpuni, a te mawhiti, a te pūahi, a te kahu tāniko, me te tini o te kākahu (TKP 26/4/1858:4). / There were lots of capes of dog tails, dogskin cloaks of dark hair with white borders, cloaks of strips of dogskin, cloaks with tāniko borders, and many other garments.
