Poster, 'New Zealand'

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Title

Poster, 'New Zealand'

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This striking Pan American poster presents travel and tourism to New Zealand in the 1950s as a cultural getaway. Such romanticised images of first peoples were often used by Pam Am in its advertising. The Maori warrior in this image was seen through international eyes, so plays on familiar aspects of such imagery using elements of Tiki culture (which is an American kitsch or fantastical version of Polynesian art). For example, the warrior's noble upward gaze, his red skin and facial markings,...

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Format

Image

Date created

1950s

Creator

A Amspoker / Pan American World Airways

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1229715

Related subjects

Warriors / Air travel / cultural tourism / paper / ink / linen / posters / United States

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