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Carving Ōamaru stone

Carving Ōamaru stone

Carving Ōamaru stone

Because it can be readily shaped, Ōamaru stone is a favourite material for carvers. A carving competition has been held for many years on the Wellington waterfront. Marie Moanaroa-Parata-Munroe’s emerging sculpture, in the 1995 contest, has a motherhood theme.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1995/0331
Photograph by Ray Pigney

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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