MAORI MOTIFS 1

	Rimu panel Dimensions 335x225x20 Price $ 150	This is a study of a Maori carving I did to learn about carving. It is a pierced carving and the design has been simplified. The Manaia is a spiritual being, depicted as a birdman. Here I have emphasized that. The carving has been further simplified by having no surface decoration.
	Pierced rimu Dimensions: 450x270x20 Price: $ 200	Title: Tau-ihu (carved canoe prow) A copy of a Taranaki carving (see below)

From T. Barrow: "Maori wood sculpture"

Canoe prow of a distinctive Taranaki style. Dimensions 910x380.

Taranaki Museum

This prow combines an arrangement of design elements of the classic war canoe prow, namely: forward facing "figure head " image - spiral - and aft facing figure.