Flora
Editors:
Carlos Lehnebach, Claire Regnault, Rebecca Rice, Isaac Te Awa, and Rachel Yates
Publisher:
Te Papa Press
ISBN:
9781991150912
Date published:
09 November 2023
Pages:
452
Format:
Hardback
RRP:
$80.00
This big, glorious book mines Te Papa's collections to explore and expand upon the way we think about our botanical world and its cultural imprint.
A true treasure, it features over 400 selections by an expert, cross-disciplinary museum curatorial team that range from botanical specimens and art to photography, furniture, jewellery, tivaevae, applied art, textiles, stamps and more.
Flora's 12 essays provide a deeper contextual understanding of different topics, including the unique characteristics of New Zealand flora as well as how artists and cultures have used flora as a motif and a subject over time. Elegant, expert and engrossing.
Editor Biographies:
Carlos Lehnebach is Curator Botany at Te Papa. His expertise lies in the native orchids of Aotearoa. Claire Regnault is Senior Curator New Zealand Histories and Cultures at Te Papa. She is the author of several books. Her most recent, Dressed, won the Illustrated Non-Fiction Award at the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Rebecca Rice is Curator of New Zealand Historical Art at Te Papa and has a special interest in early botanical art. She is working on a book on the taonga associated with the New Zealand Wars held at Te Papa. Isaac Te Awa is Curator Matauranga Maori at Te Papa. He is a practising weaver and is actively collecting for Te Papa's contemporary taonga Maori collection. Rachel Yates is a former Curator Pacific Cultures at Te Papa, where she worked closely with Pacific maker communities. She now works for the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
