Māori tribal wood carved mask

Parata Māori mask representing an Arawa ancestor in finely carved wood, precision and lots of details. Tā Moko, a traditional facial tattoo among the Māori. more images to be posted • Mask: 17.5 x 9 x 33.5 cm • 15 x 15 x 46.5 cm • Weight: 1,616 kg The head is oblong, delicately chiseled, and worn in the traditional Maōri bun; round eyes, fleshy figure 8 mouth, pronounced arches and small flat triangular nose. Te Arawa designates, in Māori tradition, a tribe descended from a group who came to New Zealand from Polynesia some twenty generations ago, aboard an ocean-going canoe bearing the name Arawa under the leadership of their Chief Houmaitawhiti, in search of new lands. source: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1565512449/large-parata-mori-mask-in-hardwood-on • Maori art • Early New Zealand art • Ancestor mask (Tīpuna) • New Zealand • Collectible mask • 2nd half of the 20th century