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Wooden carving

This wooden carving from the small Hungarian village of Hollókő was made in 1999 by the master carver Ferenc Kelemen.

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Ann Beaglehole, Hungarians – Immigration before 1956: navvies and exiles, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3904/wooden-carving (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ann Beaglehole, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.