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This carved pou (post) depicts Hine-nui-te-pō, the goddess of death, with the demigod Māui trying to enter into her to kill her.
Using this item
Reference: PAColl-6585-10
by Charles A. Lloyd
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.