Style:
Wahaika Kotiate.
Name:
Ōtūru or Te whakaarahou Ōtūru
Materials:
Reclaimed hardwood timber (species not known) & Jute cord.
Surface patterning:
(Unaunahi/fish scales)
This one is inspired by the northern-style surface design representing the symbolical aspects of scales on a fish like strength, protection and growth.
The protruding figure:
Māui-Tini-Hanga
This is a representation of our ancestor Māui, shape shifting from a scaled serpent or fish like creature Into a human like bird.
The hilt:
Te Ihumanea
A Māori stylised representation of the sphinx head from Egypt, a mythological creature embodying the same aspects as Māui, a demigod (half beast/half man) shape shifter, and harnesser of the sun.
More about this piece:
A wahaika is a traditional warclub used by the Māori of Aotearoa/ the indigenous of New Zealand. The name itself comes from its form representing the shape of a fish jawbone, waha-mouth and ika-fish.
Stories of origins:
Māui the Polynesian ancestor and demigod sought out his grandmother Muri-Ranga-Whenua for her to bless him with her enchanted jawbone, with this jawbone he achieved many feats, like slowing the sun, and fishing up the North Island of New Zealand otherwise known as Te Ika-a-Māui (the fish of Māui)
Available now.
Style:
Wahaika Kotiate.
Name:
Ōtūru or Te whakaarahou Ōtūru
Materials:
Reclaimed hardwood timber (species not known) & Jute cord.
Surface patterning:
(Unaunahi/fish scales)
This one is inspired by the northern-style surface design representing the symbolical aspects of scales on a fish like strength, protection and growth.
The protruding figure:
Māui-Tini-Hanga
This is a representation of our ancestor Māui, shape shifting from a scaled serpent or fish like creature Into a human like bird.
The hilt:
Te Ihumanea
A Māori stylised representation of the sphinx head from Egypt, a mythological creature embodying the same aspects as Māui, a demigod (half beast/half man) shape shifter, and harnesser of the sun.
More about this piece:
A wahaika is a traditional warclub used by the Māori of Aotearoa/ the indigenous of New Zealand. The name itself comes from its form representing the shape of a fish jawbone, waha-mouth and ika-fish.
Stories of origins:
Māui the Polynesian ancestor and demigod sought out his grandmother Muri-Ranga-Whenua for her to bless him with her enchanted jawbone, with this jawbone he achieved many feats, like slowing the sun, and fishing up the North Island of New Zealand otherwise known as Te Ika-a-Māui (the fish of Māui)
Available now.
