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Weaving is more than just a product of manual skills. From the simple rourou (food basket) to the prestigious kahukiwi (kiwi feather cloak), weaving is endowed with the very essence of the spiritual values of Maori people. The first Maori settlers brought the knowledge of weaving ...
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Matariki, the 'Maori New Year' is a celebration unique to New Zealand. Te Papa's Matariki Maramataka is the perfect way to mark its beginning - as well as celebrating New Zealand's distinctive indigenous culture and natural world all through the year. The calendar runs from June ...
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For centuries, M ori treasures, or taonga, have been some of the most prized, popular and precious objects held in museums around the world. From Te Maori to Te Papa and beyond, initiatives in Aotearoa New Zealand over the last 30 years have continued to provide new models for m ...
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This exceptional book highlights over 120 taonga tuku iho (ancestral Maori treasures) from Te Papa's collections. Rich images of these precious objects, are accompanied by stories from the artists who created the taonga, the people who used them in daily life, and their living de ...
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Profiles artists across a range of media and forms of expression including weaving, painting, claywork, sculpture, carving, ta moko, Kaihanga Uku, multimedia, jewellery and dance. This follows on from "Taiawhio" and is essential reading for students and teachers of art and art hi ...
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An account of the cosmogony, anthropogeny, religious beliefs and rites, magic and folk lore of the Maori. Elsdon Best was New Zealand's foremost writer on pre-European Maori life. Although his ideas and research have been questioned since his death, his books remain classic studi ...
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A report on the "commoner, plain storehouses" which are so often overlooked in favour of more elaborate structures Illust. B&W. Elsdon Best was New Zealand's foremost writer on pre-European Maori life. Although his ideas and research have been questioned since his death, his book ...
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A highly illustrated catalogue revealing the most extensive collection of taonga Maori outside New Zealand - those in the British Museum.
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