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Reproduced with the permission of Tony Manuel

The Southern Alps reaching towards the sky
Accession Number:
UC-DEP-0349
Sub Collection:
Departmental Art Sub Collection
Creator:
  • Manuel, Tony 
  • Date of Creation:
    c.1988
    Media:
    Acrylic on wooden panel.
    Description:
    From a series of kowhaiwhai panels - An original and a copy exist of this work.

    Kowhaiwhai panel, the snow capped mountains reaching towards the sky, decorated in a diamond shapes patiki pattern to symbolise the sparkling of winter snow in the sunlight. This panel was painted for the Te Awaroa room in Aotahi: School of Māori and Indigenous Studies. The room is a memorial to Billy Te Awaroa Nepia (1933-1987) of the Te Whanau-a-Ruataupare and Te Whanau-a-Te-Aotawaririrangi hapu of Ngati Porou, who was the founder of Māori Studies at the University of Canterbury. Nepia was the Head of School from 1975 until his death in 1987. The kowhaiwhai mural is painted on wooden panels on the walls of the room. Each of the panels presents the changing moods of Papatuanuku (Earth), Tangaroa (Sea) and Ranginui (Sky), which are characteristic of Te Pakihi Whakatekateka o Waitaha (the Canterbury Plains)
    Size:
    Acutal - 250 x 1120 mm
    Subjects: