This artwork depicts 'Ngā kete e toru o te mātauranga' – the three baskets of knowledge. In one tradition the god Tāne travelled to the highest heaven to collect the baskets of knowledge and bring them back to humankind. This was an explanation for the origin of knowledge.
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