New Zealand North Island Taupo Volcanic Zone Rotorua Te Puia Maori Village Carvings on a Whare Whakairo Meeting House

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New Zealand North Island Taupo Volcanic Zone Rotorua Te Puia Maori Village Carvings on a Whare Whakairo Meeting House Carvings in particular were a means of preserving tribal history in an oral society Carved figures represent dead persons and manifestations of an ancestor

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Photo credit: © Christian J Kober / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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