Nga Huia

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- Regular museum archival paper print - 300 x 300mm

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Original painting SOLD, acrylic and flashe on canvas, 300 x 300mm, 2013

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In traditional Māori life the huia's white-tipped black feathers were worn by people of high rank and were kept in a special carved box called a waka huia.

Huia went extinct in the early 20th century due to rampant overhunting to procure huia skins for mounted specimens, which were in worldwide demand by museums and wealthy private collectors, as well for their feathers for traditional Māori headdresses. The second major cause of extinction was the widespread deforestation of the lowlands of the North ...