Embossed Tapa Turtles

1999

Tomui Kaloni

Accessible

Type

  • Painting

Medium

  • Tapa

Dimensions

  • H2450 x W1260 x D140mm

Tomui Kaloni, ‘Embossed Tapa Turtles’ (1999), S Block, University of Waikato, Kirikiriroa Hamilton

Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022

1999–Current

SG.01 (0) in S Block. University of Waikato, Kirikiriroa Hamilton

Artists
Credit

University of Waikato Art Collection

Associated Artwork Organisation(s)

Description

Two large, three dimensional, parent turtles with eight offspring "swimming from the last of the century into the dawn of the new millenium."

Traditional tapa painting methods with the addition of embossing technique.