He tino ataahua, he uaua hoki te hoahoa o te ipu uku Māori, e whakaata ana i te ranunga o ngā awe toi Ihirama, Pāniora, me Āwherika ki te Raki.
He tinana porowhita, he pūkohu rānei tōna, he kaki whaiti, he maha ngā wā ka whakapaipaihia ki ngā tauira āhuahanga kanapa, ngā arabesque, me ngā motika putiputi i roto i ngā tae momona pērā i te kikorangi, te kakariki, te kōwhai, me te mā. Ka hoatu e te paninga he āhua kanapa, ka whakarei ake i ōna tae kanapa.
He maha ngā oko Māori e tohuhia ana e ngā āhua ōrite me ngā hoahoa taurite e tohu ana i te taurite me te raupapa, arā, ngā āhuatanga matua o te toi me te hoahoanga Māori. I ētahi wā, ka whakapaipaihia hoki ki te tuhituhi whakairo, ki te mahi whatu matatini rānei. He tino rawe te mahi toi, me te aro nui ki ngā taipitopito, e kore ai te oko e waiho hei taonga mahi anake engari hei mahi whakapaipai anō hoki.
He tohu tēnei ipu mō te whakakotahitanga ahurea, e tohu ana i ngā rautau o te mahi toi mai i te wā Mōorish, i waiho iho ai he taonga tuku iho pumau ki ngā tikanga uku o te rohe Mediterranean.
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