Title
Te Oha, a storehouse, pataka, carved by Manawa, chief of the Ngati Pikiao at Waeranga beside Lake Rotorua
Caption
Te Oha, a storehouse, pataka, carved by Manawa, chief of the Ngati Pikiao at Waeranga beside Lake Rotorua, The alternation of humans and bird like manaia on the sideboards are said to represent humanity in the present between the future and the past. Mans struggle with life and death is recalled. New Zealand. Maori. c 1820. Waeranga.
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A28_017
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
44,2Mb (2,7Mb) / 14,6in x 11,8in / 4375 x 3532 (300dpi)