Title: The Māori meeting house : introducing the whare whakairo /
Authors: Skinner, Damian,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Maori meeting houses.
Abstract: "Richly illustrated with more than 100 historical and contemporary photographs and original watercolour illustrations, The Māori Meeting House celebrates every aspect of these magnificent taonga (treasures) - their history and art forms, symbolism and cultural significance. In a clear, informative and personal narrative, Damian Skinner brings together existing scholarship on whare whakairo and his own reflections as a Pākehā art historian and curator, with reference to meeting houses from all over Aotearoa New Zealand and the world. The voices of carvers, artists, architects, writers, experts and iwi are woven into the text, to give every reader new ways of seeing these taonga - whether it is your first view or your hundredth."
Contents: 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.