These cards are from a series, Tae Anga, Images dressed with the colours of shells by Brian Flintoff (www.jadeandbone.co.nz) and are available only from The Nelson Provincial Museum.
Brian Flintoff is a master bone-carver, whose work is held on marae through Aotearoa and in private and public collections and museums throughout the world. He has been carving for over 35 years, and has been most influenced in his work by traditional Maori artists, as well as artists from other indigenous cultures, especially that of the West Coast Canadian Indian tribes. He is the author of Taonga Puoro: Singing Treasures, about the musical instruments of the Maori, and Brian is also widely regarded as one of Aotearoa’s pre-eminent makers of Maori instruments. He works from his home studio in Nelson.
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