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    Whakairo - Wikipedia

    Timber was formed into houses, fencepoles, pouwhenua, containers, taiaha, tool handles and waka (canoe). Carving tools were made from stone, preferably the very hard pounamu (greenstone). Bone was used for fish hooks and needles amongst other things. Designs on carvings depict tribal ancestors, and are … See more

    Toi whakairo (art carving) or just whakairo (carving) is a Māori traditional art of carving in wood, stone or bone. See more

    Wooden Māori carvings are often painted to pick out features. Before modern paints were available this was often a mixture of kōkōwai (red ochre) and shark-liver oil. This was thought to preserve the carvings and also imbue them with a tapu (sacred) status. Following … See more

    • Archey, G., 1977 Whaowhia: Maori Art and Its Artists. Auckland, Collins.
    • Barrow, T., 1963 The Life and Work of the Maori Carver. … See more

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    Wero Tāroi (c. 1810–1880)
    Eramiha Neke Kapua (1867–1955)
    Piri Poutapu (1905–1975)
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