Waka Māui

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Print sizes and editions

- Regular museum archival paper print - 700 x 700mm
(limited to 75)
- Large museum archival paper print - 905 x 905mm
(limited to 75)
- Extra Large museum canvas print - 1100 x 1100mm
(limited to 75)

Your unique limited edition fine art print
- Sofia Minson creates your exclusive signed print
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Original painting SOLD, oil on canvas, 1300 x 1300mm, 2008

The story of
This work was inspired by the legend of Māui, a demi-god who lived in Hawaiiki, the mythical ancestral homeland of the Māori.

One day when Māui and his brothers went fishing far out into the ocean he dropped his magic fishhook over the side of the waka (canoe). He felt a strong tug on the line and after much straining and chanting of karakia (incantations),...