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The Story Of Rua And Tangaroa. An Origin Myth. How The Art Of Wood-carving Was Acquired By Man, P 257-260 (Journal of the Polynesian Society)
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- The Story Of Rua And Tangaroa. An Origin Myth. How The Art Of Wood-carving Was Acquired By Man, P 257-260 (Journal of the Polynesian Society)
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Volume 37 1928 > Volume 37, No. 147 p 257-260 ; THIS is the story of Rua-te-pupuke, he who first made wood-carving known. The cause of his discovery was the going of his child, Te Manu-hauturuki, to sail a boat. The child was captured by Tangaroa, taken to his home, and set up on the gable of his house as an image. When the child was missed h...
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- 1928
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- man
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