Artifacts packed
Carol O’Biso, registrar for the American Federation of Arts, packs one of the maori artifacts recently flown to the United States for the Te Maori exhibition opening at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in September.
Looking on is Air New Zealand’s cargo co-ordinator Alan Tate (second left) who worked closely with a team of packers including Squirrel Wright (left) and Mervyn Hutchinson, both of Auckland, to ensure speedy, secure transportation of the priceless exhibits.
Each item was swathed in foam packaging and then placed in wooden crates built by Mr Wright.
The Federation of Arts has organised the exhibition which will see the artifacts displayed firstly at the Metropolitan, followed by the St Louis Art Museum and then the de Young Memorial Museum of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
Exhibits, on loan from museums and collections throughout New Zealand, will be returned home in 18 months’ time.
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Tu Tangata, Issue 19, 1 August 1984, Page 39
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150Artifacts packed Tu Tangata, Issue 19, 1 August 1984, Page 39
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