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Hinemihi - Te Hokinga = the Return by Hamish Coney; Lyonel Grant; James Schuster; Keri-Anne Wikitera; Mark Adams
$64.99 NZD
Category: Māori History
Te Manu Huna a Tane: The Hidden Bird of Tane by Edited by Jenny Gillam and Eugene Hansen
$45.00 NZD
Category: Maori Books
This special photo book documents a wananga or class for three generations of women from Ngati Torehina Ki Mataka to learn the customary practice of pelting North Island brown kiwi so their feathers can be used for weaving. This passing on of customary knowledge developed out of a partnership between co ...Show more
Te Wheke - Pathways Across Oceania by Ken Hall
$39.90 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
Te wheke means octopus in te reo Maori. For many cultures the Pacific Ocean, this resourceful, adventurous creature is a symbol of early voyages from the Polynesian homelands of Hawaiki. In Aotearoa New Zealand, conventional art history tells the stories of art that ties us to Britain and Europe. This b ...Show more
E Nga Uri Whakatupu: Weaving Legacies by Dame Rangimarie Hetet and Diggeress Te Kanawa
$58.00 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
E Nga Uri Whakatupu is a tribute to the life achievements of Dame Rangimarie Hetet (1892 - 1995) and her daughter Diggeress Te Kanawa (1920 -2009), (Ngaati Maniapoto, Ngaati Kinohaku) tohunga of mahi raranga whatu (traditional Maaori weaving experts). These remarkable women are acknowledged as New Zeal ...Show more
Weaving a Kakahu (Handling fee and/or freight charges may apply) by Diggeress Te Kanawa
$39.99 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
Weaving a Kakahu was reprinted in 1994 and this 2006 version has been supported by Creative New Zealand and Puwaha ki te Ao Trust. The 2006 relaunch of Weaving a Kakahu in conjunction with Digger being the recipient of the Te Tohu Tiketike o te Waka Toi Exemplary Award at Te Tokanganui a noho marae, Te ...Show more
Fun and Functional Flax Weaving
$79.99 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
Whatu Kakahu - Maori Cloaks by Awhina Tamarapa
$75.00 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
The revised edition of this award-winning book opens the storeroom doors of the Te Papa Tongarewa Maori collections once again, illuminating the magnificent kakahu and the art and tradition of weaving itself. More than 50 rare and precious kakahu are specially featured, with glossy colour detail illustr ...Show more
Weaving Flowers from New Zealand Flax 4th ed by Ali Brown
$79.99 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
Mawhitiwhiti patterns and woven bags by Robin Hill
$30.99 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
Covers a range of Mawhitiwhiti patterns for use in korowai weaving and instructions for weaving two different bags. Photos and graphics make the processes clear and understandable for everyone, beginner or not.
Crafting Aotearoa: A Cultural History of Making in New Zealand and the Wider Moana Oceania by edited by Karl Chitham, Kolokesa U Māhina-Tuai, Damian Skinner
$85.00 NZD
Category: Cultural History | Reading Level: near fine
A major new history of craft that spans three centuries of making and thinking in Aotearoa New Zealand and the wider Moana (Pacific). It tells the previously untold story of craft in Aotearoa New Zealand, and proposes a new idea of craft - one that acknowledges Pakeha, Maori and wider Moana histories of ...Show more
Te Hei Tiki - An Enduring Treasure in a Cultural Continuum by Dougal Austin
$65.00 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
Of all Maori personal adornments, the human figure pendants known as hei tiki are the most highly prized and culturally iconic. This book showcases photographs of a large selection of hei tiki, most from the taonga Māori collection at Te Papa. The collection of over 270 hei tiki is the largest in New Ze ...Show more
Te Toki Me Te Whao: The Story of Maori Carving Tools by Clive Fugill
$45.00 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
It is over a century since the last major book on Māori carving tools. Clive Fugill, Master Carver at the NZ Māori Arts & Crafts Institute, tells the mythical, traditional and modern stories of the making and use of carving tools, including the adze (toki) and the chisel (whao) with detailed drawing ...Show more