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International Profile Series ‘Te Maori: Maori Art from New Zealand Collection ‘Nis Kahungns te, Hraaungs: DOORWAY OF ‘STOREHOUSE: Tefen] prey a0) Mood nurgrecedened exon of 174 fhe mt pri Scand rematate wore of wadoral at, crested byte Mac rope of Ne Zealand, has begun «Unted Sts ourin New So The exbiton called Te Mae maka the rt ime the Moor people have alowed thar earirest journey bad ern New Zealand “Tho art wots ae now on view at The metopoltan Museum cof Aatin Now Yor unt anuary 6, 1985 Organized by the Armexcan Federaton of Arts, n asain ton with te New Zealand goverment, the Mac people end [New Zealand lending museums, Te Maor wll make an mor tantcontbutontouard ereasng awareness thin he ted Stats ofthe ich rite hartge a the Mace peopl, he Poly sian ofl ste of New Zealand, hough a ret del of Mactan the cate ofthe New ean seus, f remains the property ofthe Mao ines, who veerte these joc asrepante of ancetal power "Te Moot wi resent major scupres and cavngsn wood, stone, jade, tone, wor and shel rom periods of Mao at latin fom bout 1000 01880. These wot have been drawn almost ene rom th ol lecona of hitan New Zeland muscu, wih one objec on ban fom the Unersty Museum, UnsersyofPennsyvania “They have ben selected by Dougie Newton, veh Ad Halland Join A Pde, Chatman athe Deparment fn lve Art at The Metoptan Muscum of Artin Now Yok in Calaberatonweh Stiney Moko Mad, Profs of Mar, Va tora Univerty of Wellton, and Daud R, Semone, Aas tant Drecor and Ethologt,Aucand Intute and Museum, eyo cen Now Zeid blr the 1 centr rfc ctesoes, chet ut fern een ak