LITTLE BUSH MOA

Common Name: Little Bush Moa
Taxonomic Classification: Anomalopteryx didiformis
Found: Waikaremoana, 1935
Most abundant in the North Island with limited range in South Island.
About the size of a large turkey, but females would have been bigger. A partially mummified specimen containing feathers, flesh and cartilage was found in a Fiordland cave in 1980. The feathers were yellow-brown to white coloured. Otherwise known as the lesser moa. Fossil remains
have been discovered from at least 1000 individuals of this species.
 
Printed on 310gsm satin Hahnemühle PhotoRag. 100% cotton fine art paper, certified archival (200 years) Made in Germany. Printed with acidfree archival 11 colour high dynamic range, Epson UltraChrome pigment ink system.
A0 1200x800mm - 5 editions $ 1,700
A1 841x560mm - 10 editions $ 1,100
A3 420x280mm - 30 editions $ 450
 
All prints signed, hand-numbered and wax-stamped for authentication.
Once the editions of a print are sold out there are no reprints ever released.
 
Object courtesy of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hiar.