A traditional motif of Maori carving, a sort of beaked figure. An adornment usually worn about the neck of an image resembling a reptile with a birdlike head.
Manaia
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Elsdon Best Memorial medal awarded to Judith Binney
Date: 2009
From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection
Reference: Objects-0906
Description: Maker(s) and artist(s) not identified. Shows on the obverse a human figure with a weku or koruru head, and flanked by the 'double manaia', a well-known device in Maori carving. The reverse is not decorated, but has Dame Binney's name and the date of the award engraved on it. Title supplied by Library. The Elsdon Best Memorial medal was established in 1970 by the Polynesian Society, awarded for 'outstanding scholarly work on the New Zealand Maori'. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Circular stirling silver medallion, diameter 38 mm, thickness 2 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1976. Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference: Curios-046-003. Previous title: Maker unknown :Elsdon Best Memorial medal / [awarded to] Prof. Emeritus Judith Binney. 2009.
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McEwen, Jock, 1915-2010 :[Rubbings of Maori carved designs. 1940-1990].
Date: 1940 - 1990
From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection
Reference: A-342-188/197
Description: Rubbings are entitled as follows: Figure under left arm of Puwhakaaho looking at figure; Tara on 2 right; Body of manaia on Poupou 1 right; Beside ear front poutokemanawa; Hand on Puwhakaaho; Leg of upper left poupou no 1; Leg left alleged Waikato; Arm of 1 left; Wakahuia presented to Samuel Marsden 1814; Wakahuia 3754. Quantity: 10 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketches on sheets, sizes varying up to about 350 mm.
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McEwen, John Malcolm, 1915-2010 :Manaia from Te Whawhanga. Base of near rib. [ca 1950s?].
Date: 1940 - 1990
From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection
Reference: E-574-008
Description: Details of a carved figure Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil in sketchpad, 200 x 123 mm.
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New Zealand Public Service Association: Nga toa awhina runanga; the national Maori bran...
Date: 1990 - 1992
From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera
By: New Zealand Public Service Association
Reference: Eph-D-ROTH-PSA-1991-01
Description: Poster promoting the national Maori branch of the PSA shows a Mania [manaia?] in the form of a Toa Awhina (helping warrior) suspended or superimposed over a composite photograph of a row of five Maori workers, a harbour reflecting tall buildings, and a mountain landscape. Down the left side is a border of Maori motifs. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 595 x 420 mm.
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Post Office Savings Bank (N.Z.): The art of Maori carving. With the compliments of the ...
Date: 1975
From: New Zealand. Post Office Savings Bank: [Series of posters on Maori art and life. 1975-1985?].
Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-POSB-1975-02
Description: Poster in red and brown print on white, shows a photograph of part of a carved war canoe in the upper panel. Below are illustrations of the process: selecting a totara, preparation of wood, shaping using a stone adze (toki tarai), carving the timber, spirals, manaia, marakihau, tekoteko, the lizard and the one-eyed figure as motifs. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screen print and photolithograph, 780 x 552 mm.