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Figure 12: Maxwell. H (2011). Mokomokai-inspired artefact. 15.24cm x 13.97cm.<br />
Bisque fired mokomokai displayed on moss covered rock. Mouth is sewn with red dyed taura. Hair added as decoration.<br />
Figure 13: Maxwell.H (2011). Mokomokai inspired artefact. 13.97cm x 13.97cm.<br />
Bisque fired,covered with kokowai and displayed on cleft on rock face, Mangakino Stream, Reretiti Land Block.<br />
The smallest mokomokai-inspired artefact [Figure 9] was made to resemble a shrunken head to give<br />
description to the shrinking losses of tapu experienced by Ngati Hau. The two bigger mokomokai-<br />
inspired artefacts [Figures 10 & 11] were constructed as death masks, mouths slightly apart, broken<br />
teeth and markings of sewn eyes to evoke the loss of hapu authority. The image of the open eye<br />
sockets and mouth with sewn markings [Figure 12] bemoan the losses of life caused by the devastating<br />
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