American schoolboy does Maori carving
(Neto Zealand Press Association) NEW PLYMOUTH. Most overseas visitors to New Zealand buy Maori carvings at souvenir shops, but an American schoolboy, Michael Harrison, has made his own.
At the request of Michael’s grandmother Mrs E. F. MacAllum, New Plymouth, Mr Wally Grey, aged 62, came out of retirement to conduct a “crash” course in the ancient art.
Mr Grey is delighted with the result.
“I am very impressed with his talent so far,” he said. “I only wish I could have him here longer.” For the last week Michael, aged 13, has gone to Mr Grey’s home in New Plymouth for two hours a day of intensive tuition.
He has completed one carving and is close to finishing another. Unfortunately he must return to America tomorrow, but his tutor has presented
him with a special shaped chisel so he can continue carving at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Michael’s mother, a New Zealander, took some Maori carvings to America when she moved there with her husband 15 years ago.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33741, 14 January 1975, Page 15
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