Tekoteko on the whare whakairo is filled with Maori ancestral symbolism. The full body tekoteko and large face tekoteko are on the gable of the meeting house in Whaka Village in Rotorua, New Zealand.
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Mark Kanning / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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1500 x 2256 px | 25.4 x 38.2 cm | 10 x 15 inches | 150dpiDate taken:
6 August 2005Location:
Rotorua, New ZealandMore information:
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Full body and a full face wooden tekoteko on the gable of a a meeting house in Rotorua, New Zealand, are filled with Maori symbolism and are viewed as guardians of the communal meeting house they are attached to.