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Pōtae - 6778AY
This Pōtae is a contemporary hat woven with traditional Māori weaving methods.
Material: Harakeke & Metallic Foil
Circumference: 23.5 inches (60cm)
$420.00
Pōtae - 5143ML
This Pōtae is a contemporary hat woven with traditional Māori weaving methods.
Material: Harakeke
Circumference: 21.5 inches
$250.00
Pōtae - 5142ML
This Pōtae is a contemporary hat woven with traditional Māori weaving methods.
Material: Harakeke
Circumference: 21 inches
$250.00
Pōria Kākā - 5497MA
Pōria Kākā are leg rings crafted from bone or stone used to keep pet kākā (parrots) from flying away. The giant kaka parrot was used by the Māori to assist them during hunting. The bird was used as a decoy to capture other kaka parrots.
As with many Māori items the kaka ring was both used as a tool as well as an adornment.
Material: Pounamu (Kawakawa)
Measurements: 35mm x 25mm x 4mm
$450.00
Pōria Kākā - 5495MA
Pōria Kākā are leg rings crafted from bone or stone used to keep pet kākā (parrots) from flying away. The giant kaka parrot was used by the Māori to assist them during hunting. The bird was used as a decoy to capture other kaka parrots.
As with many Māori items the kaka ring was both used as a tool as well as an adornment.
Material: Pounamu (Kawakawa)
Measurements: 32mm x 24mm x 4mm
$450.00
Piupiu (Tāne) - 2422TA
The word 'piupiu' means 'to swing’ and is also the name for a skirt with free-hanging strands. Piupiu can be worn either around the waist or across one shoulder. They were made in many types of material and styles.
Material: Harakeke
Measurements: 36 inches
$625.00
Pekapeka - 6724PD
The Pekapeka (native NZ bat) represents the interwoven nature of the spirit world and the world of the living – the seen and the unseen. The bat was interpreted by Māori as a creature who symbolically acted as an interface between the two worlds and whose physiology (which does not possess the gift of sight) appeared to be guided by the ethereal and the metaphysical.
Material: Pounamu (Tokatea)
Measurements: 47mm x 68mm
$1,300.00
Pekapeka - 6313TO
The Pekapeka (native NZ bat) represents the interwoven nature of the spirit world and the world of the living – the seen and the unseen. The bat was interpreted by Māori as a creature who symbolically acted as an interface between the two worlds and whose physiology (which does not possess the gift of sight) appeared to be guided by the ethereal and the metaphysical.
Material: Beef Bone (Koiwi)
Measurements: 62mm x 33mm x 7mm
$590.00