Title: Robley: Te Ropere, 1840—1930

Author: Timothy Walker

Publication details: University of Auckland, 1985, Auckland

Digital publication kindly authorised by: Timothy Walker

Part of: The Moko Texts Collection

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Robley: Te Ropere, 1840—1930

The remarkable expansive nature — and invariable asymmtricality — of the right and left paepae designs (immediately before the ears) was the key to Robley's mature artistic understanding of moko. The twelve sets of paepae above indicate the apparently endless range of their motifs. — Auckland Institute and Museum PD48 (36 & 39)

The remarkable expansive nature — and invariable asymmtricality — of the right and left paepae designs (immediately before the ears) was the key to Robley's mature artistic understanding of moko. The twelve sets of paepae above indicate the apparently endless range of their motifs. Auckland Institute and Museum PD48 (36 & 39)

The remarkable expansive nature — and invariable asymmtricality — of the right and left paepae designs (immediately before the ears) was the key to Robley's mature artistic understanding of moko. The twelve sets of paepae above indicate the apparently endless range of their motifs.
Auckland Institute and Museum PD48 (36 & 39)