Te Maori – Te hokinga mai. The return home.

Photographs by Brian Brake;

Published by Auckland City Art Gallery, 1986, colour photos of Maori treasures

Glossy card cover, 79 pages

Very good condition

A catalogue of 36 Maori artefacts held in New Zealand museums dating as far back as the year 1200. Each exhibit has its size, where found, age and which museum has it on display. The text facing each photo It is written in both Maori and English

Te Maori is an expression of the deepest recesses of the mind, the spiritual essence, and the heart of the ancient Maori.

These masterly pieces are their legacy to us and they speak to us.

These treasures speak to us of power, inspiration and thc awesome wonder of mankind.

They are the faces of the old world; the links of the old world to this world; and the signposts from this world to the world which stands before us.