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This painting of Papatūānuku (the earth mother) and Ranginui (the sky father) is from Carter Observatory, in Wellington. In one tradition, fern root is the hair of Haumia-tiketike, the god of uncultivated foods, protruding from Papatūānuku.
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Space Place at Carter Observatory
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