Whakairo

Carver working at Te Wānanga Whakairo of the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in 1982
Māori Battalion Pouwhenua carved by Eruera Te Whiti Nia (1996)

Toi whakairo (art carving) or just whakairo (carving) is a Māori traditional art of carving in wood, stone or bone.[1]

  1. ^ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Ruatepupuke and the origin of carving". teara.govt.nz.