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plaster cast

A lady in a white lab coat paints a canoe prow

Putting the pieces back together after the earthquake

Charlotte Jimenez, an intern from the Institut National du Patrimoine in Paris, has spent the last three months putting more than 250 pieces of the plaster tauihu back together. Here she explains the intricate process.Read more

2017-07-11
By: Te Papa
On: 11 Jul 2017
In: Behind the scenes, Māori

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