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Toi te Mana: A History of Indigenous Art from Aotearoa New Zealand

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Title
Toi te Mana: A History of Indigenous Art from Aotearoa New Zealand
Book Author
Brown, Deidre and Ellis, Ngarino
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Extent
460pp
Format
300 x 245mm
Binding
Hardback
Category
Trade Non-fiction, General Non-Fiction
Publication Date
August 2021
Rights Available
World excl New Zealand
Rights Enquiry Name and Email

Sam Elworthy
s.elworthy@auckland.ac.nz

Publisher Website
https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz
About the Book

The first comprehensive survey of Māori art from the time of the ancestors to the present day, written by two senior Māori art historians. Featuring tattoo, rock art, carving, jewellery and textiles through to contemporary photography and painting. ‘This is a historic and groundbreaking text,’ Nancy Mithlo, UCLA.

About the Author

Deidre Brown and Ngarino Ellis are professors at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Brown is author of Māori Architecture and co-author of Art in Oceania (Thames and Hudson/Yale). Ellis is author of the award-winning book on Māori carving Whakapapa of Tradition.