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The Sacred Mountain (Parahi Te Marae), 1892

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About the Artwork

This painting, a complete invention of a mythic place of ancient sacrifice to a lost god, borrows an idol from Easter Island, thousands of miles to the east, and death’s-heads from Maori body decorations, thousands of miles to the west.

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