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Autui Paua Shell - 6611SG

Autui were customarily used as a pin for fastening cloaks and may be made from bone, stone, wood or shell. They may also have been worn through the ear as an earring or around the neck as a pendant. Autui are still commonly worn as pendants and earrings and as with most Māori personal adornments, are often passed down generationally.

Material: Paua Shell

Measurements: 116mm x 13mm
$250.00

Autui Paua Shell - 6614SG

Autui were customarily used as a pin for fastening cloaks and may be made from bone, stone, wood or shell. They may also have been worn through the ear as an earring or around the neck as a pendant. Autui are still commonly worn as pendants and earrings and as with most Māori personal adornments, are often passed down generationally.

Material: Paua Shell

Measurements: 114mm x 19mm
$250.00

Kete Pingao - 6754ML

Pingao (Pikao) has a strong cultural, spiritual, and traditional significance to Māori. It has legends associated with it and is highly prized as a weaving material.

Material: Pingao & Muka

Measurements: 210mm x 100mm
$530.00

Patu - 4427HY

Patu (meaning to strike or hit) were typically fashioned from native hardwood, whalebone or stone, including our highly valued pounamu (greenstone). Patu were often sharp at their forward edge and were used with thrusting, jabbing, and swinging blows. Māori weapons are notable for their fine sculptural form and were designed for close hand-to-hand combat. No other stone-age war implements surpassed them in deadly effectiveness.

Material: Maire (NZ Hardwood)

Measurements: 385mm x 135mm x 30mm
$1,900.00

Patu - 4428AH

Patu (meaning to strike or hit) were typically fashioned from native hardwood, whalebone or stone, including our highly valued pounamu (greenstone). Patu were often sharp at their forward edge and were used with thrusting, jabbing, and swinging blows. Māori weapons are notable for their fine sculptural form and were designed for close hand-to-hand combat. No other stone-age war implements surpassed them in deadly effectiveness.

Material: Mangeao

Measurements: 380mm x 100mm x 25mm
$1,900.00

Wahaika - 4426HY

Wahaika (mouth of the fish) were typically fashioned from native hardwood, whalebone, or stone, including our highly valued pounamu (greenstone). Wahaika were often sharp at their forward edge and were used with thrusting, jabbing, and swinging blows. They also often had a figure carved on the side of the blade.

Material: Maire (NZ Hardwood)

Measurements: 385mm x 135mm x 33mm
$2,200.00

Tapatoru Earrings - 4981RH

Material: Pounamu (Kawakawa)

Measurements: 34mm x 20mm
$250.00

Niho Mangō - 5451MA

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. This tooth pendant references the tiger shark. This shark is an aggressive predator and is found mostly in tropical and warm waters. Tiger sharks are named for the dark, vertical stripes found mainly on juveniles.

Material: Onewa (NZ Greywacke)

Measurements: 96mm x 82mm x 19mm
$590.00

Tapatoru Earrings - 4992RH

Tapatoru earrings (or drop earrings) are designed to suspend from the bottom of the earlobes. The length varies from a centimetre or two, all the way to brushing the wearer's shoulders.

Material: Pounamu (Kawakawa)

Measurements: 55mm x 22mm
$320.00

Kete Mahi - 4851HM

The main purpose of this kete is to be a work basket, it is usually made from Harakeke (NZ Flax) of which the commencement is a 3ply braid at the bottom of the kete.

Material: Harakeke

Measurements: 300mm x 220mm x 85mm
$390.00

Kete Mahi - 4853HM

The main purpose of this kete is to be a work basket, it is usually made from Harakeke (NZ Flax) of which the commencement is a 3ply braid at the bottom of the kete.

Material: Harakeke

Measurements: 405mm x 275mm x 95mm
$390.00

Pūkaea - 2021TH

The pūkaea was the largest of the Māori trumpets, ranging in size from one metre (3.2ft) to over two meters (3.4ft) in length. They were made in two pieces and bound together with the roots of the kiekie (climber). Many pūkaea were carved and they often belonged to the chief of a tribe. They were typically used to call the tribe together.

Material: Tōtara

Measurements: 1110mm x 75mm x 50mm
$5,900.00