Moko Pounamu Wakahuia Blue (Treasure box) Genuine NZ Kauri - Rotokino

This is a gorgeous hand-carved Kauri Wakahuia (Treasure box) lined in blue felt, and set with a fantastic bright blue acrylic, made on the Arahura Pa from native New Zealand Kauri.

This is a beautiful item to showcase at your home and/or would make a unique wedding or housewarming gift.

Thank you for supporting a small Maori family owned business.

Wakahuia is a traditional Māori carved wooden container, used to store precious items like huia bird feathers, pendants, and personal ornaments. The boxes themselves were treated as taonga (treasures), often named and passed down through generations. Because the heads of high-ranking chiefs were tapu (sacred), items touching their hair were also sacred and dangerous to others, requiring safe storage.

Kauri - Agathis Australis, commonly known by its Māori name Kauri, is a coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae, found north of 38°S in the northern regions of New Zealand's North Island. Kauri wood colour ranges from pale yellowish-white and light blonde to a warm golden brown, darkening with age into rich reddish or deep browns. Highly iridescent with complex shimmering grain patterns like fiddleback or-flamed quilting.

This will be the exact piece you will receive in the photos, there may be a slight degree of colour variation based on different computer or device screen resolutions that you are viewing from.

Carved by Sam Ngaamo

Size 177mm long x 86mm wide x 61mm high

This will be the exact piece you will receive in the photos, there may be a slight degree of colour variation based on different computer or device screen resolutions that you are viewing from.