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Maori Fish Hook - Unearthed Art
Traditional Maori Carving at its Finest!
Take home a piece of traditional Maori carving with this Maori Fish Hook from Unearthed Art. The Fish Hook -sometimes called the Hei Matau - is one of the most famous Maori designs. It represents represents strength, luck, prosperity and safe travel across water. This stunning Fish Hook is ornately carved. Because Maori carving was traditionally worked using only stone tools and took great skill and patience, carving was thought to increase a piece’s mana or prestige. The Paua Shell inserts add an extract dimension to this piece. Iridescent New Zealand Paua Shell is a symbol of beauty and a traditional decorative element often added to Maori wood carving.
The Fish Hook design or Hei Matau is also associated with the gods and a Maori Legend. Legend has it that the demi-god, Maui, fished up the North Island of New Zealand using only a bone fish hook and woven line. Maui’s legendary strength and skill imbues the Fish Hook with some of its meaning.
Like the rest of the Unearthed Art range, this Fish Hook is made from Swamp Kauri. The Kauri is salvaged from peat swamps and is over 45,000 years old - some of the oldest workable wood on earth! No trees are cut down to make Unearthed Art and Unearthed is committed to sustainable, carbon neutral business practices.
Take home a piece of traditional Maori art and be inspired. As well as being an essential piece for your own home, this Maori Fish Hook also makes a great New Zealand gift, no matter who you’re buying for.
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