Maori+Art+(6L)

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 * All warriors decorated there face with swirled tattoos
 * The other arts are weaving and carving
 * Maori women used flax to weave sandals, skirts, cloaks, baskets and mats
 * They decorated there weavings with dyes berry’s, berry’s feathers and dog hair
 * Women also wove wall coverings which were decorated with diamonds and other symmetrical shapes
 * Modern artists still practice traditional Maori art
 * The wood of totara tree was especially easy to split and work with stone tools
 * Men carved designs into logs used to make walls, draws or pillars
 * The maori people placed calved faces with tongues poking out to scare enemie

__The Wondrous Pounamu__
 * In the 1600’s the maori people found a beautiful type of greenstone on New Zealand’s south island
 * The greenstone is the most popular stone in New Zealand
 * They carve the greenstone into necklaces and all different type things