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View full screenStern post (taurapa) for canoe (A.UC.767), carved in acrylic and inlaid with haliotis (paua) shell with binding and feathers hanging from upper tip: Oceania, Polynesia, New Zealand, Māori, by George Nuku, 2008
V.2008.96
Nuku, George, 1964 (b.), Carver
Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Polynesia
2008
Pacific Peoples
Māori
Acrylic, Haliotis (paua) shell, Feather, Fibre
Facing the Sea (29 Jul 2011)
National Museum of Scotland
Knowles, Chantal (2013) Artifacts in waiting: altered agency of Museum objects. In: Reassembling the collection: Ethnographic museums and indigenous agency. School for Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe, Mexico, pp. 229-258
Stable, C., (2012). Maximum Intervention: Renewal of a Maori Waka by George Nuku and National Museums Scotland. Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies. 10(1), pp.8-18. DOI: <http://doi.org/10.5334/jcms.1011202>
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