An incredible Koruru hand carved for a beautiful piece of Auhunga Pounamu and set onto a water worn Auhunga Pounamu base, a wonderful taonga for someone who is connected to their whakapapa.
Koruru
are architectural features on large whare tupuna or wharenui (meeting houses) that join the two-front facing maihi (barge boards) at the top apex. A koruru's face is also the face of the represented tupuna (ancestor) embodied in the carved constructed form of the whare tupuna. Many whare whakairo are named after ancestors. The building is regarded as an outstretched body. The koruru (gable head) is the face of the ancestor, the maihi (bargeboards) the arms, the kūwaha (door) the mouth, the tāhuhu (ridgepole) the spine, and the heke (rafters) the ribs.
Auhunga- Genuine West Coast Greenstone from the Arahura River area, West Coast. Auhunga Pounamu is a pale opaque green colour. Resembling the Southern New Zealand mountains, its --name translates to frosty, given as the intermediate of Inanga and Kawakawa.
Carved by Jakson Ropata Kahurangi
Sculpture - 106mm long x 61mm wide x 20mm thick
Base - 122mm wide x765mm deep x 31mm high
Total height 131mm
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