REI PUTA TAKAROA
$700.00
REI PUTA TAKAROA
Blue Pounamu from the Kahukura Range, Tasman. Rei Puta is the whale tooth pendant worn by paramount chiefs, associated with the atua Takaroa. This is a three dimensional form with the cut whale tooth form resembling the prow of a waka. This piece is carved with whakapapa notches, Kirikiore and Unaunahi carrying the unique korero of this taonga, with the lines of First Man reaching across the karu of Te Moana-Uriuri.
Approximately 9cm length.