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Kōrero: Whakairo – Māori carving

He heru paraoa

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Whalebone comb

I whakairotia mai tēnei heru i te kōiwi kotahi. Kei tētahi taha he manaia, ā, he kanohi pāua tōna. Ahakoa i hangaia tēnei heru i te takiwā o te tau 1800, e whakamahi ana te Māori i aua rauemi tonu i ngā wā i tae tuatahi mai te Māori ki Aotearoa. He kaha ake ēnei rauemi i te rākau, ā, ko ēnei ētahi o ngā taonga tawhito rawa o te whakairo Māori.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: OL000039

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Brett Graham, Whakairo – Māori carving – Carving before 1500, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/43057/he-heru-paraoa (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Brett Graham, i tāngia i te 21 October 2013.