This vessel is hand thrown on the pottery wheel in a blended Rangihoua uku, hand harvested. This little ipu has a horizontal lug lashed with marron dyed Muka by Mandy Milner and Tűī and Kereru feathers. Carved with niho taniwha whakaro to represent resilience and inlayed with pango glaze to represent ta moko, carved into the skin of Papatuanuku.
This uku was harvested on Ngāti Paoa whenua.
We have a sister piece very similar.
This is a one-off piece, apart of a wider collection celebrating Waiheke uku, 10% of sales will be gifted back to Maori kaupapa on Waiheke.
This piece is 14.5cm tall
