Gallery | Wood Carving | Poupou

Poupou

Wood Carving

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Anaru O'Callaghan Kai Whakairo (Graduate Carver)
Tuhoe

$2,500 NZD

Dimensions
Scancode
1040mm x 290mm x 45mm
CI2456
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Description
The interior walls of the whare whakairo (carved meeting house) are adorned with carvings called poupou. Each poupou in a meeting house connects to a common ancestor, after whom the house was named. Spaced evenly along the inside walls, each poupou supported a rafter panel which extended from the main central ridge, reinforcing the importance of whakapapa (genealogy) to the living generations.