Structural analysis saw myths and art forms as means through which contradictions in social life could be resolved. This article deals with arf forms which address contradiction, but adopts a ...

Henare (Henry) Brooking is a ta moko artist and teacher at the Eastern Institute of Technologies Toihoukura Maori Visual Arts School in Gisborne, New Zealand. The tattoo artist is one of the many ...

The perspective of Maori art -- Village society and the craftsman -- The arts of personal adornment -- Maori religion and the arts -- Symbols of the woodcarvers' art -- Tools and techniques of the ...

NOT only students of Maori ethnography, but those who are interested in artistic technology, will heartily congratulate Mr. A. Hamilton on the completion of his great work on “Maori Art.” Although ...

An oil painting by renowned New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldie set a new benchmark in the country's art history. The portrait, Thoughts of a Tohunga, depicting Maori elder and Ngati Manawa ...

Meet the Explorer: Taryn Beri is an independent tā moko practitioner in Wellington and a member of the Ngāti Toarangatira tribe of the Wellington Region, North Island, Aotearoa, New Zealand. The ...

The tradition of wood-sculpting that Aspenite John Doyle works in is loaded with cultural, even spiritual, significance. The bulk of his output has been totem poles, which, in the Northwest coastal ...

What is thought to be the largest New Zealand apartment block to feature extensive Maori art work opened in Auckland this month. The art and carvings are used on the interior and exterior of the new ...