NZ Maori connection treen rack mystery

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by Billman

Looks like a pipe rack - failry common in the Edwardian period, when men smoked pipes rather than cigarettes...

It would be a shame to alter it...

Hi Bill,

I agree it seems like it has to be a pipe rack, but its so damn big! Almost like it was made to sit outside a buildings entrance for visitors to leave their pipes in. But it's the combination of the moto, the snakes , the size etc making it a bit of a puzzler to me. Is it: be strong and avoid the temptation (snakes) of smoking?