Cliff Whiting

Te Utu o Ruatapu  (Ruatapu’s Revenge)
linoprint (Paikea series)
700 x 500mm
NZD $720  unframed
limited availability

In Maori tradition, Ruatapu was the second son of the great chief Uenuku, who belittled him for using the sacred comb of his elder brother, Kahutia-te-rangi. As revenge, Ruatapu enticed the children of the nobility into his canoe, sailed them into the ocean, and then sank it. Kahutia-te-rangi survived with the help of a whale and was thereafter known as Paikea.