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The wood carvings on this page are handmade from NZ Rimu.

Manaia fishook

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to the USA

size: 32cm (12.6")

Price:US$202

Patu

short club, weapon

SOLD
to the USA

size: 31cm (12.2")
by 10.5cm 4.13")

Price:US$202

Fishhook with manaia head

Maui fished up the North Island of New Zealand...
A good luck charm giving peace, prosperity, good luck and good health...

Also safe travel, especially over water.

The manaia Spiritual Guardian, Provider, Protector over the air, waters and land.

The manaia is a supernatural being, an iwi guardian, to ward of danger, to frighten away intruders. The manaia is a bird-like figure, a spiritual and mythical creature.

Some manaia were grotesque bird-like figures, others were a

The figures are usually depicted in side profile - part in the spiritual world, part in this. There are three fingers and three toes or claws on each limb, and the designs are serpentine, producing flowing lines.

The paua shell resembles the beauty that surrounds you, and within oneself to have high self-esteem and awareness of what is happening around you...

fishhook bone carvings

The Patu is a hand club, carved out of bone or wood. The patu is carried in the warrior's flax belt.

The patu could be deadly and was used in hand-to-hand combats.

Nowadays the patu symbolises the facing and overcoming of life's challenges and difficulties.

patu bone carvings