Art Resource - AR9641283

Conceptually similar

AR9641287

AR9641285

AR9641290

AR9641291

AR9641313

AR9641268

AR9641265

AR9641299

AR9641319

AR9641292

AR9641308

AR9641264

AR9641312

AR9641288

AR9641305

AR9641306

AR9641301

AR9641303

AR9641304

AR9641286

Te-Papa-tea-o-Ruea, or white investiture stone, brought by the god Hiro to found the chiefdoms or ari'i on Raiatea, at the Marae Hauviri or Marae Taura’a-a-tapu, family temple of the Tamatoa clan, at Taputapuatea, at Te Po, in the Opoa valley, on the island of Raiatea, in the Leeward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Hauviri was the welcoming marae which received visitors as they disembarked from their canoes. This site was a meeting place and sacrificial site for travellers from all over the Pacific. In the distance is the Marae Oputeina, a temple platform where visitors would say their farewells. Departing chiefs would take a stone from this marae to use elsewhere in a marae which would be called Marae Taputapuatea. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Unique Identifier AR9641283

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 7087px × 4724px

Photo Credit Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY

Add to lightbox

Add to cart