Māori

(noun)

The indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand, originating with settlers from eastern Polynesia who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages at some time between 1250 and 1300 CE.

Related Terms

  • koru

Examples of Māori in the following topics:

  • European Art in New Zealand

    • European contact with New Zealand heavily influenced traditional Māori art of the region.
    • Others appropriated Māori artistic styles; Gordon Walters created many paintings and prints based on the koru.
    • From the early 20th century, politician Apirana Ngata fostered a renewal of traditional Māori art forms, establishing a school of Māori arts in Rotorua.
    • Many Māori artists became highly successful in blending elements of Māori culture with European modernism.
    • Gottfried Lindauer was known for his portraits of the Māori people.
  • Maori Art in New Zealand

    • Traditional New Zealand art consists of the art of the Māori people, who first settled the island between 1250-1300 CE.
    • New Zealand art includes traditional Māori art, which was developed in New Zealand from Polynesian art forms, and more recent forms which take their inspiration from Māori, European, and other traditions.
    • Ta moko is the art of traditional Māori tattooing, done with a chisel.
    • In 'classical' Māori art, painting was not an important art form.
    • Identify the key elements of prehistoric and traditional Māori from New Zealand.
  • Samoa

    • As with other Polynesian cultures (Hawai'ian, Tahitian and Māori) with significant and unique tattoos, Samoans have two gender specific and culturally significant tattoos.
  • Crafts in the Cook Islands

    • Today, carving is no longer the major art form with the same spiritual and cultural emphasis given to it by the Maori in New Zealand.
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