Pounamu Treasures - Ngā Taonga Pounamu by Russell Beck; Maika Mason
35.00 NZD
Category: Maori Art & Crafts | Reading Level: very good
Pounamu, or jade, is one of New Zealand's most treasured natural resources, celebrated for its rich beauty and significance to the Māori people. Pounamu Treasures - Ngā Taonga Pounamu is a simple and stylish collection of object photographs that honours the stone in its many forms. Respected pounamu spe ...Show more
Maori Carving - The Art of Recording Maori History by Malcolm Mulholland; Robyn Bargh
20.00 NZD
Category: Maori Art & Crafts | Reading Level: very good
This photograph-rich book shows and describes the process of carving, covering the types of materials and tools used, the carving strokes and surface patterns and different regional styles. It shows the range of items carved from meeting houses to musical instruments, waka or canoes, storehouses, weapon ...Show more
Gottfried Lindauer's New Zealand: The Maori Portraits by Ngahiraka Mason
70.00 NZD
Category: Maori Art & Crafts
An exquisite piece of art publishing that showcases Bohemian artist Gottfried Lindauer’s New Zealand in 75 plates and detailed contextual essays. From the 1870s to the early twentieth century, the Bohemian immigrant artist Gottfried Lindauer travelled to marae and rural towns around New Zealand and – c ...Show more
Te Mahi Kete: Maori Flaxcraft for Beginners by Mick Pendergrast
35.00 NZD
Category: Maori Art & Crafts
Anyone can learn to make a plaited kete, one of the oldest and most popular of Māori art forms, from the leaves of New Zealand flax (phormium tenax). Te Mahi Kete gives detailed, step-by-step instructions, illustrated with numerous line drawings and black-and-white photographs, for preparing the flax an ...Show more
Moko: Maori Tattooing in the 20th Century by Michael King
45.00 NZD
Category: Maori Art & Crafts
Moko is written by Michael King, one of New Zealand's most celebrated historians, and photographed by Marti Friedlander, one of the country's most eminent photographers. One of New Zealand's iconic books, originally published in 1972, it was a milestone in New Zealand publishing. Maori subject matter w ...Show more
Greenstone Carving: Techniques and Concepts in Pounamu by Len Gale
39.99 NZD
Category: Maori Art & Crafts
This concise guide to the art of greenstone carving, out of print for the past 20 years, returns in a smartly designed, fully illustrated new edition. Greenstone Carving takes readers from the origins of pounamu/greenstone through the basics of the artform - design, tools and techniques, different stone ...Show more
Te Toi Whakairo: The Art Of Maori Carving by Hirini Moko Mead
49.99 NZD
Category: Maori Art & Crafts
Te Toi Whakairo is an essential guide to Maori wood carving by distinguished carver and academic Sir Sidney (Hirini) Moko Mead. The book presents all the elements of carving in different regions of New Zealand, with practical advice on techniques and styles, and is abundantly illustrated with photos, di ...Show more
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