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Eight historically significant traditional Māori wood carvings linked to Northland iwi Ngāpuhi have finally being found after missing for 60 years. The...

A search for missing Māori artefacts which turned into a Da Vinci Code-type mission was solved thanks to an unusual clue on a carving at Otago...

Long lost treasured whakairo rākau located in museums across the globe. <img src='https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2402/a18434f49d32ab464dee.jpeg' width='720' height='402'> Professor Brown visits one of ...

Rosetta Stone, Benin bronzes and Parthenon sculptures are just some of the ‘contested objects’ in Bloomsbury institution’s collection, Joe Sommerlad reports

A Very Singular People, The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Posted on Andaman Islanders, c. 1900 I have always had a fascination with the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, ever since I was young and read Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Sign of Four, partially set in the Andamans. These days in my dealings with tribal art, I seldom come across objects from these far-flung isles, but when I do, they always hold a particular intrigue for me, no doubt due in part to Sherlock Holmes. The Andaman and Nicobar I...