Āhua Gallery

Kurupapa are long slender pendants typically crafted from pounamu (NZ Jade) or bone. Customarily they were very popular personal adornments. Kurupapa are still commonly worn as pendants and earrings. As with most Māori personal adornments kurupapa are often passed down generationally. Material: Pounamu (Kawakawa)

Measurements: 80mm x 11mm

Kurupapa are long slender pendants typically crafted from pounamu (NZ Jade) or bone. Customarily they were very popular personal adornments. Kurupapa are still commonly worn as pendants and earrings. As with most Māori personal adornments kurupapa are often passed down generationally. Material: Pounamu (Kawakawa)

Measurements: 90mm x 11mm

Whakakaipiko forms were given as a symbol of endearment. Whakakaipiko are long and slender personal adornments characterised by a ‘piko’ or kink in the body of the pendant. Customarily they were used as a pin for fastening cloaks and may be made from bone, stone, wood or shell. Whakakaipiko are commonly worn as pendants.

Material: Pounamu (Matie)

Measurements: 95mm x 15mm

Whakakaipiko forms were given as a symbol of endearment. Whakakaipiko are long and slender personal adornments characterised by a ‘piko’ or kink in the body of the pendant. Customarily they were used as a pin for fastening cloaks and may be made from bone, stone, wood or shell. Whakakaipiko are commonly worn as pendants.

Material: Pounamu (Matie)

Measurements: 97mm x 13mm

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 (Kawakawa)

Measurements: 68mm x 40mm x 7mm

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 (Matie)

Measurements: 44mm x 51mm

Shark teeth were highly sought after to wear as a symbol of prestige for personal adornment. They were reflective of the mana of the shark itself.

Material: Pounamu (NZ Jade)

Measurements: 65mm x 61mm

Ripi (cutting instrument) are used for cutting and scraping.  They are the perfect tool to cut through harakeke; it was also used in ceremonial traditions such as the cutting of the umbilical cord.

Material: Pounamu (Kawakawa)

Measurements: 85mm x 47mm

Ripi (cutting instrument) are used for cutting and scraping.  They are the perfect tool to cut through harakeke; it was also used in ceremonial traditions such as the cutting of the umbilical cord.

Material: Pounamu (Kawakawa)

Measurements: 86mm x 52mm