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A well carved wooden diorama, 1900 that depicts domestic life…
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Auckland
Date:
29-Jul-2009
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Description:
A well carved wooden diorama, 1900 that depicts domestic life in a Maori pa and consists of several figures with a Maori woman 'Laying Down the Law' to a younger woman with a baby on her back. The male figures are treating it as a good joke. The carving shows a sow (poaka) suckling it's litter, a dog (kuri), owls (ruru) on one side and two pigeons (kereru) on the opposite side. There is a stream in front with a waka and as the carving is three dimensional, it has mountains in the background and a meeting house (wharepuni)
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Tribal: New Zealand Maori