Tauira (Rauru carving pattern)

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Tauira (Rauru carving pattern)

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Nga Tauira a Anaha Te Rahui Anaha Te Rahui's patterns In 1909 Anaha Te Rahui of Rotorua, then an old man, carved some patterns for Augustus Hamilton, who was director of the Dominion Museum in Wellington. He carved sixteen pieces for which he was paid a few pounds a figure calculated at the rate of ten shillings a square foot of carving. This was at a time when Anaha was so poor that he was begging to be paid for his work, so he could buy essential items such as flour and tea. Each piece fe...

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Date created

1909

Creator

Anaha Te Rahui

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1491082

Related subjects

wood / paint / Ngāti Tara a Whai / Rotorua

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