This incredible Porohita handcrafted from a stunning piece of Auhunga Pounamu, mounted onto a beautiful Basalt stand, with stunning pattern and colour this Taonga will be treasured and passed through the generations.
Porohita/The Disc - Represents the circle of life which has no beginning or end. It means you have a choice to do and achieve whatever you want to in life. Its curved lines also represent the idea of energy and movement and like the cyclical nature of time and seasons, where one path ends, another begins. The Disc is also believed to have protective qualities and can symbolize a shield or a boundary that keeps negative influences and harm at bay.
Sculpture - 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.
Base - Basalt
is a mafic extrusive rock, is the most widespread of all igneous rocks, and comprises more than 90% of all volcanic rocks, used widely by Maori for tools and weapons.
Hand Carved by Reagan Willis-Bregmen
Size Sculpture 125mm dia
Base - Basalt 107mm wide x 82mm deep x 22mm high
Total height 173mm
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