Māori whare, 1870s
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Māori whare, 1870s
This family is standing outside a whare puni (small communal sleeping house) at Mangaakuta, near Masterton. The story of the demigod Māui fishing up the North Island from a waka (canoe) has been painted on the house’s bargeboards. Landscapes were seldom pictured directly in Māori art.
Whai muri
Alexander Turnbull Library , James Bragge Collection
Reference: 1/2-004136; F
Photograph by James Bragge
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
