Rituals is a painting by Patricia Howitt which was uploaded on February 11th, 2013.
Rituals
A night-time burial ritual takes place at the foot of Taketakerau, the 2000 year old puriri tree in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. This ritual... more
Title
Rituals
Artist
Patricia Howitt
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Board
Description
A night-time burial ritual takes place at the foot of Taketakerau, the 2000 year old puriri tree in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. This ritual would have occurred many times during the several hundred years that local iwi used the cavernous hollow trunk of the mighty tree as a repository for the sacred bones of their dead.
One of the illustrations for the book 'Taketakerau, The Millennium Tree'.
Uploaded
February 11th, 2013