Māori Carving: The Art of Recording Māori History
- ISBN-10
- 1775501914
- ISBN-13
- 9781775501916
- Category
- Carving (Decorative arts)
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Authors
- Malcolm Mulholland, Robyn Bargh
Description
The carving book follows a similar outline, with an emphasis on the wide variety of carved objects produced using the same techniques. Of the uses of carving, most attention is given to carved houses. A significant part of the book deals with how to read a carving ¿ seeing and interpreting details which reveal the history being recorded.
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