A Whakapapa of Tradition: One Hundred Years of Ngato Porou Carving, 1830-1930

by Natalie Robertson, Ngarino Ellis, Natalie Robertson PhD

From the emergence of the chapel and the wharenui in the nineteenth century to the rejuvenation of carving by Apirana Ngata in the 1920s, Maori carving went through a rapid evolution from 1830 to 1930. Focusing on thirty meeting houses, Ngarino Ellis tells the story of Ngati Porou carving and a profound transformation in Maori art. Beginning around 1830, three previously dominant art traditions - waka taua (war canoes), pataka (decorated storehouses)...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1869407377
• ISBN13: 9781869407377
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Auckland University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.0" x 9.8"