Rauru : Tene Waitere, Maori carving, colonial history /

Rauru : Tene Waitere, Maori carving, colonial history /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago Press, 2009.
Description:	183 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 x 30 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Waitere, Tene, -- 1854-1931. Adams, Mark, -- 1949- Adams, Mark, -- 1949- Waitere, Tene, -- 1854-1931. Wood-carvers -- New Zealand. Wood-carving, Maori. Wood-carving, Maori -- Pictorial works. Decorative arts, Maori. Decorative arts, Maori -- Pictorial works. Decorative arts, Maori. Ngāti Tara a Whai (New Zealand people) Photographers. Wood-carvers. Wood-carving, Maori. New Zealand. Pictorial works.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7789610

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Other authors / contributors:	Grant, Lyonel. Schuster, James. Waitere, Tene, 1854-1931. Thomas, Nicholas, 1960- Adams, Mark, 1949-
ISBN:	9781877372612 1877372617
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-180). committed to retain 20170930 20421213 HathiTrust
Summary:	"As part of the Auckland Festival of Photography Two Rooms presents new large scale colour photographs by Mark Adams. The exhibition celebrates the work of carver Tene Waitere and additionally launches the accompanying book, Ruaru, published by Otago University Press. The book is a collaboration between Mark Adams and anthropologist Professor Nicholas Thomas from Cambridge University. Tene Waitere (1854-1931) was one of the greatest Maori carvers of the colonial period. Waitere was the first Ngati Tarawhai artist to produce a major corpus of material for European clients ... The book takes its title from Rauru, the meeting house named after the creator of the art of carving in Te Arawa and some other tribal traditions, which arguably incorporates Tene's greatest work. Carved with Anaha te Rahui and Neke Kapua for the Rotorua hotel manager C. E. Nelson over 1897-1900, the whare whakairo is renowned for its figurative representation of major elements of Maori myth, but is innovative and adventurous in many ways, full of mana, and consistently assured in the flawless and dynamic character of its carving. Nelson sold the house to the Museum fur Volkerkunde, Hamburg, in 1904, and it has remained in that museum - renowned for great Oceanic collections, mainly associated with German expeditions and colonies in the Pacific - ever since"--Two Rooms Gallery.
Other form:	Online version: Rauru. Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago Press, 2009

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Summary:	Tene Waitere of Ngati Tarawhai (1854-1931) was the most innovative Maori carver of his time; his works reached global audiences decades before the globalization of culture became a fashionable topic. Rauru is the highlight of a famous anthropological museum in Germany. Hinemihi, the carved house featured in one section of this book, sheltered survivors of the Tarawera eruption in 1886 before being removed to the park of an English country house. The magnificent His carved Ta Moko panel is one of Te Papa the Museum of New Zealand's icons. Three out of four historic Maori meeting-houses located outside New Zealand were carved or partly carved by Waitere. The travels of his work tell us something about the interplay between empire and art, about what is made of history now. The combined perspectives of his descendants, of a leading contemporary carver, of a master photographer and a distinguished anthropologist and historian of Pacific art make this book unique as a dialogue as well as a revelation of great works of Maori art.
Physical Description:	183 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 x 30 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-180).
ISBN:	9781877372612 1877372617