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Tene Waitere, a large and important carved panel, historically…
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Tene Waitere, a large and important carved panel, historically part of the Geyser Observation rotunda at Whakarewarewa. The ancestral figure with wheku face with circular eyes above an open mouth bearing teeth. Hands placed together at the abdomen holding a smaller figure with wheku face. The carving matching that exhibited on the previous lot with rauponga detailing to the shoulders. The legs with kowhaiwhai designs with further rauponga carving. The figure surmounts a wheku head with rauponga carved detailing. Height 260 cm. Width 60 cm. Illustrated and referenced in Carved Histories: Rotorua Ngati Tarawhai Woodcarving by Roger Neich. P.221. Detailed illustration of this figure Plate 14.62
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