Untitled [Warrior with Taiaha]

1981

Tuti Tukaokao (presumed)

Accessible

Type

  • Carving
  • Whakairo

Medium

  • Customwood/MDF
  • Paua shell

Dimensions

  • H600 x W600mm

Whakairo wall relief of a warrior wielding a taiaha presumed to be the work of Tuti Tukaokao and made at the same time as other works commissioned by McDonald's Rotorua c. 1981.

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

1981–Current

RHS of car park entrance, McDonalds, cnr Fenton & Amohau Streets, Rotorua

Artists
Associated Artwork Organisation(s)

Description

Square framed carving of a warrior holding a taiaha.

In 1981 McDonalds Rotorua commissioned Tuti Tukaokao to provide artworks for the new building. Tukaokao created a total of 3 pou, 5 murals, 7 kowhaiwahi panels and other internal carvings. He also provide an external sculpture in 1997.