Red Maori carving, Whakarewarewa, New Zealand
by Neale And Judith Clark
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Red Maori carving, Whakarewarewa, New Zealand
Artist
Neale And Judith Clark
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Photograph - Photography
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New Zealand Red Maori Carving - Typical Red Maori Carving with mother of pearl decoration on the Wahiao meeting house, a meeting place of the Tūhourangi hapū of Ngāti Puta, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua New Zealand North Island
Traditional Māori arts play a large role in New Zealand art. They include whakairo (carving).Toi whakairo or just whakairo is the Māori traditional art of carving in wood, stone or bone. Some surviving whakairo, or carvings, are over 500 years old. Wood carvings were used to decorate houses, fence-poles, containers, taiaha, tool handles, and other objects.
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