PHAR LAP’S VICTORY
Carving On Maori House Although a casual visitor to- vtie Maori house in the Otago - Museum would probably never notice the fact, several of the more recently-carved skirting boards of the house depict humorously an historic sporting event—Phar Lap’s victory in the Melbourne Cup—states the Otago Daily Times. 'With subtle cleverness, the artist has woven into- ’ his carving Phar Lap, complete with jockey, passing the winning post, and has even included a bookmaker gathering in a harvest from his clients. The work is '-all done in a decorative style typical of ‘the art of the Maori craftsman, but so- skilfully has the carver recorded his joke that no one not actually aware of it would realise that the panel bears anything but the legendiary figures of Maori art.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 444, 27 May 1937, Page 7
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131PHAR LAP’S VICTORY Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 444, 27 May 1937, Page 7
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