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Toi Ora: Ancestral Maori Treasures

Toi Ora: Ancestral Maori Treasures

Current price: $39.95
Publication Date: November 1st, 2008
Publisher:
Te Papa Press
ISBN:
9781877385346
Pages:
208

Description

This exceptional book highlights over 120 taonga tuku iho (ancestral Mäori 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 descendants. Items include traditional carvings, weapons, waka huia (treasure containers), jewellery, and taonga such as puppets used by tohunga (ritual experts) and tools for tä moko (customary skin marking). Maps, diagrams, and additional photographs – both archival and contemporary – elaborate on the making of the taonga, and elucidate Mäori life, art, and beliefs.