Tohunga Whakairo

Release on 2008 | by Ranginui Walker

This major biography by Ranginui Walker traces Paki Harrison's life and work, describing in detail the conception, carving and building of several significant meeting houses.

Author: Ranginui Walker
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 0143010069
Category: Architecture, Maori
Page: 256
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Tohunga Whakairo

ART OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. Paki Harrison is widely regarded as New Zealand's greatest living master carver, a man with a huge reputation as a leading tohunga of the art form. He possesses immense knowledge about the traditional arts of the carver, extending way beyond the actual physical arts to include its most ancient aspects - the symbolism contained in Maori art, to its role in transmitting old tribal history. He has also taught and written extensively on the art of the tohunga whakairo. This major biography by Ranginui Walker, himself a well-known public figure, traces Paki Harrison's life and work, from his privileged upbringing in the Ngati Porou household of his grandmother, where he was singled out for special training. The carving and building of several big meeting houses is described in detail, from the inside.

Language: en
Pages: 553

Great Short Stories of the Masters

Authors: Charles Neider

Categories: Literary Collections

Type: BOOK - Published: 1950 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Collected here are 49 uncommon stories drawn from the world's greatest essayists, poets, novelists, playwrights, and short story writers.

Language: en
Pages: 452

The Master of Man

Authors: Hall Caine

Categories: Literary Collections

Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-13 - Publisher: Forgotten Books

Excerpt from The Master of Man: The Story of a Sin WE were in full school after breakfast, when the Principal came from his private room with his high, quick, birdlike step and almost leapt up to his desk to speak to us. He was a rather small, slight man,

Language: en
Pages: 405