Rua Paul

Tohunga Kaiwhakairo
Teak
white and black mother of pearl shell inlay
750 x 360mm
$2,130.00

A man of knowledge, skilled in the art-forms of carving, storytelling, music and entertainment.
According to tradition, these men were exceptional Artists. Tohunga Whakairo were specialists in the art of carving and were the keepers of knowledge and wisdom associated with whare tupuna - sacred ancestral meeting houses.

Go back to the Wall Art or the Carving or the Maori Design or the over $1000 or the Rua Paul collection.

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