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This amo (post) from Te Puawai o Te Arawa, a carved storehouse which is now in the Auckland Museum, depicts a couple having sex. It is one of a number of examples of carvings depicting sexual relations that have been identified by academic Ngahuia Te Awekotuku.
Using this item
Alexander Turnbull Library, A. E. Birch Collection
Reference: 1/1-003279-G
by Thomas Pringle
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