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A 1999, a Te Waka Toi / Creative New Zealand grant,
enabled the artist to work full time in clay, developing sculptural
forms referencing the Maori female deities; examining the role of the
female principle within the Maori Myth.
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About the Artist | Waka Kakano | Sacred Vessels & Kaitiaki | Sculptural Forms | Sculptural Vessels | Lapita Series | Masks | Kiwa
Photography John Ecuyer.
Bust of Hine Moana - deity of the oceans.
Australian raku clay. Red oxide. Oxidation firing 45 cm. Private Collection
NZ.
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Photography John Ecuyer.
Hine Raukatauri - the deity of music plays a wooden koauau or flute.
South Island clay with Waipoua River sand. Oxidation firing. Koauau by Robin
Slow. Height 100cm. Private collection, Canada.
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Photography John Ecuyer.
Hine Ru - deity of volcanoes.
Australian raku clay. Red oxide and sigillata. Oxidation fired. Height 110cm.
Artists collection.
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Photography John Ecuyer.
Hine Raukatauri - Playing the koauau or flute in her Case Moth transformation.
Grogged South Island terracotta. Oxidation firing. Height 89 cm. Artists collection..
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Photography John Ecuyer.
Hine Te Iwa-iwa - The tutelary deity of women ,nurses a child. Private collection.
Nort hland terracotta and Australian raku. Oxidation firing. Height 90cm.
Gifted to Kaipara Medical Centre.
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Photography Manos Nathan.
Bust of Hine Raukatauri - deity of flute music.
Australian raku clay . Woodfired reduction. Bone koauau by Robin Slow. Private
collection.
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