Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Elder beside the Carved Ancestor
An elderly man in a patterned cloak sits inside a dark timbered building. A large carved face rises behind him, its eyes catching the light. The frontispiece introduces the world of inherited stories and ancestral forms presented in Dittmer’s illustrated Māori legends.
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W. Dittmer. "The Elder beside the Carved Ancestor" [editorial title]. In Te Tohunga: The Ancient Legends and Traditions of the Maoris, Orally collected and pictured by W. Dittmer. London: George Routledge & Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1907., 1907, George Routledge & Sons, Limited; E. P. Dutton & Co.. Source scan leaf 10. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0415-0003
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W. Dittmer’s illustrated interpretation of Māori traditions, reproduced from his historical collection. The image should be understood within the author-illustrator’s period perspective.
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W. Dittmer. The Elder beside the Carved Ancestor. Te Tohunga: The Ancient Legends and Traditions of the Maoris. Scan leaf 10. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0415-0003