Story: Ngā tupu mai i Hawaiki – plants from Polynesia
This 1907 painting by Gottfried Lindauer shows Māori men digging a kūmara garden with kō (digging sticks). These kō have the teka, an attached foot tread.
About this item
Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tamaki
Oil painting by Gottfried Lindauer
Permission of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




