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As the Māori did not have a written language until the 19th century, carvings were used to record and preserve the history and culture of their people.

In 1815, the first British missionaries arrived in Aotearoa (land of the long white cloud). Dubbed Nieuw Zeeland by adventurer Abel Tasman Nieuw Zeeland, after the Dutch province of Zeeland, the country would be changed in 1840 when the British and many Maori tribes signed the Treaty of Waitangi.

New Zealand’s climate prevented the Polynesian ancestors of Māori from growing their usual plants for making fabric. Instead they developed a rich culture of weaving, largely based on flax. They produced beautiful objects ranging from the practical (food baskets and floor mats) to the ...

Journal of the Polynesian Society: The Evolution Of Maori Clothing. Part VIII, By Te Rangi Hiroa (P. H. Buck), P 321-355

Medium: muka (New Zealand flax fibre), natural dyes. Size: 7.5 x 6.5 x 1.5 inches (excl. handles). Natural dyes: Tānekaha bark (brown), Raurēkau bark (yellow) "The pattern intricately depicts the subtle ripples—aramoana of the Pacific Ocean. Kete Tāniko makes reference to the processes used to form this delicate basket.

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Maori mama, New Zealand. This is how my grandmother carried my mother. My mother remembers riding on her mothers back while her younger sister rode on the front. I am a babywearer like my grandmother was before me...

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Gottfried Lindauer - Hori Kingi Te Anaua

A Maori Korowai (cloak) crafted from dressed muka (flax fibre) and highlighted with orthodox double thrums of dyed black wool (hukahuka) attached

As the Māori did not have a written language until the 19th century, carvings were used to record and preserve the history and culture of their people.

Maori Warrior painted by Gottfried Lindauer (1839 – 1926) found via paleoplanet69529.yuku.com