45,000 Year Old Kauri Maori Tattooed Long Face Carving
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45,000 Year Old Kauri Maori Tattooed Long Face Carving
The wooden carving which sits on a plinth of a Maori male warrior featuring a fully tattooed face. The tattoos or Ta moko traditionally are skin carvings as opposed to ink punctured skin, the skin ends up with grooves rather than having a smooth surface. The moko were important to the Maori in that they showed everyone the rank, family and history of any particular person. When a person earned an addition to their moko, it is considered a very important milestone in their lives and was usually given along side a large ceremony.
Measurements: Height 235mm (9 1/2 inches), Width 110mm (4 1/4 inches), Depth 70mm (2 1/2 inches) approx.
This wooden mask carving is a great piece of art showing the Maori moko on a male warriors face. What makes this carving extra special is that it has been carved from 45,000 year old native New Zealand swamp kauri.
Swamp kauri is found in the bogs and swamps of the north island of New Zealand, where is has laid, protected for a millennia. It has been carefully extracted and crafted into the fine art you see before you.
The carving comes in a presentation box and included is a certificate of authenticity for the swamp kauri.
Read more about the method used to extract the swamp kauri here.
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