Context (Production / use)
Created for MAA as part of the update of the Encounters case in the Maudslay Hall with the engraving of Mai (Omai) by Francesco Bartolozzi (after Nathaniel Dance).
The case update responded to the Tau o Mai | Journeys with Mai exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, curated in association with the arts collective SaVĀge Kʻlub, 17 October 2025 – 8 February 2026
Event Date 4/11/2025
Author: Rachel Hand

Description (Physical description)
'Mai's passport' (2025) by Hinatea Columbani and Moeava Meder. A paper mulberry barkcloth maro (belt) impressed with netted watermark pattern using a Hawaiian ike (beater). Decratd with left to right: mountains temehani, a pattern illustrating a marae; the land and the river Tefa'aroa. The water and river symbols represent knowledge, the path refers to the past and the manu (birds) are tava'ae (tropic birds) connect to the gods and also lead the way for canoes
Event Date 4/11/2025
Author: Rachel Hand

Context (References)
Copyright o be credited 'Tapa Revival Moe and Hinatea'
Event Date 2/3/2026
Author: Rachel Hand