Story: Kurī – Polynesian dogs
Traditional carving rarely depicted animals realistically. This more recent carving of Pōtaka Tawhiti’s head, painted white, is in the Tamatekapua meeting house at Ōhinemutu.
About this item
Private collection, Paul Tapsell
Photograph by Krzysztof Pfeiffer
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