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Description: | The carving shows a manaia or guardian spirit figure at the top holding two decorated ribs. These carved ribs would continue along the length of the canoe. Canoes have sacred associations since they carried the Maori to Aotearoa. - - Aotearoa (New Zealand), POLYN, Pacific | Format: | text/html | License: | http://rammuseum.org.uk/legal | Publisher: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council | Rights holder: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council | Subjects: | Transport Ethnography | Source: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum | Creator: | Not specified | Identifier: | http://rammcollections.org.uk/content/ca... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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