In the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, the indigenous Moriori people practised the art of momori rakau, or tree carving. The carvings depict Moriori karapuna (ancestors) and symbols of the natural world, such as patiki (flounder) and the hopo (albatross). During the late 1998 review 82 trees were found with carvings. Numbers of momori rakau have b...
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(from the article `art and architecture, Oceanic`) ...designs channeled into the ground and large-scale earth effigies. Bark effigies and paintings on bark are recorded but have not survived. In the ...
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