- Page 222 →Figure 23. 21st Sentry Cyber Sister (1997). Wearable art piece made up of twenty-seven parts, each created by one of the members of the Pacific Sisters art collective: Rosanna Raymond (Samoa), Ani O’Neill (Cook Islands), and two of the founding members, Suzanne Tamaki (Te Arawa, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Maniapoto) and Niwhai Tupaea (Ngāti Katoa). Tapa, feathers, bone, harakeke, nylon, shells, seeds, coconut shell, videotape, plastic. A guardian figure who protects the museum’s collections, the 21st Sentry Cyber Sister wards off racism and signifies the contemporary presence of Māori and Pacific cultures and their drive toward self-determination. In the Pacific Cultures Collection of Te Papa Tongarewa | Museum of New Zealand, courtesy of Te Papa and the Pacific Sisters.
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