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Taonga Iti - Kapahaka (Song and Dance)

Totem of New Zealand Maori cultural icons

Exquisitely hand-crafted New Zealand Maori art and gifts in the online art gallery of Ku Bailey. "Taonga Iti - Kapahaka". Totem of New Zealand Maori cultural icons of song and dance. Maori art and New Zealand gifts from Maori artist Ku Bailey.

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Ku Bailey New Zealand Maori Art - Taonga Iti - Kapahaka (Song and Dance)

Taonga Iti - Kapahaka

Multimedia on paper - 10" x 12" Framed

Ku Bailey Contemporary New Zealand Maori Artist

 

Kapahaka

$US185.00

+ Air mail outside NZ $US12

Shipping within NZ $NZ10

 

Multimedia on paper - 10" x 12" Framed
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Totem representing items of song and dance used by Maori People

Maori Purakau (History) and Whakapapa (Genealogy)

As the Maori did not have a written language, their purakau and whakapapa are passed on by means of whaikorero (oratory) and kapahaka (song and dance), or depicted in the art of whakairo (carving) and raranga (weaving).

Items depicted in the work are:

Korowai: Cloak

Putara: Conch shell Trumpet

Poi: Ball on cord used by women in action song

Piupiu: Grass skirt/kilt


Patu: Pounamu (jade) club


Taiaha: Spear

 

Glossary of Maori Terms

Ku Bailey new Zealand Maori Totem - Taonga Iti

Ku Bailey New Zealand Maori Artist Online Art Gallery

  

 

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