TY  - BOOK
AU  - Skinner,Damian
TI  - The Māori meeting house: introducing the whare whakairo 
SN  - 9780994104151
AV  - NA4510.M3 
U1  - 725.804208999442 23
KW  - Architecture, Māori
KW  - Wood-carving, Māori
KW  - Decoration and ornament, Architectural
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Māori (New Zealand people)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Whare whakairo
KW  - reo
KW  - Whare tūpuna
KW  - Whakairo
KW  - Kōwhaiwhai
KW  - Tukutuku
KW  - Tikanga tuku iho
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Encountering the Whare Whakairo -- A history of the Whare Whakairo -- The arts of the Whare Whakairo -- Interpreting the Whare Whakairo -- Conclusion: Sitting on the Paepae
N2  - This all-new guide to the whare whakairo, or decorated Māori meeting house, covers every aspect of these treasures--their history and evolution, structure and art forms, and symbolism and cultural significance. Generously illustrated with more than a hundred intriguing historical and contemporary photographs, and containing dozens of diagrams and a helpful glossary, the book clearly illustrates the parts, and the arts, of the whare whakairo with reference to numerous historical and contemporary meeting houses from all over Aotearoa New Zealand and the world. In an accessible and engaging text, author Damian Skinner brings together existing scholarship on whare whakairo with his own reflections as an art historian and curator and the voices of many carvers, artists, architects, writers, experts, and iwi to give every reader new ways of seeing these taonga. Equal parts informative history, personal essay, and illustrated guidebook, The Māori Meeting House makes an important contribution to contemporary discussions about indigenous art history and taonga Māori
ER  -