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| Keywords: Tamatekapua.jpg Tama-te-kapua ancestor of Te Arawa depicted in a carving at Tamatekapua meeting house in Ohinemutu Rotorua circa 1880 Tama-te-kapua is holding a pair of stilts which he used to steal breadfruit from a tree belonging to Uenuku in the mythical homeland Hawaiki E G Schwimmer in Te Ao Hou No 28 September 1959 p48 says The modern carver just like his forebears aims to tell a tribal story in striking pictures Some of these pictures are already traditional like Tama-te-kapua who is always shown on stilts The carver who first thought of this picture wanted to show the old chief in one of his most characteristic activities he was known as a very ingenious thief and it was said that he would never leave footprints behind; so he was represented on one of his thieving expeditions walking on stilts to avoid recognition To-day every carver who wishes to know Tama-te-kapua shows the stilts they have become entirely traditional and in fact the stilts are the feature by which Tama-te-kapua may be recognised in any Arawa meeting house Alexander Turnbull Library URL http //natlib govt nz/records/23107324 Reference No PA7-05-36 Out of Copyright worldwide s 1880 Burton Brothers Dunedin PD-old Maori Tiki PD Old files uploaded by User Kahuroa | ||||
