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The most common shape in Maori art is the koru. This is a stylisation of an uncurling new fern frond and portrays any of the many concepts suggested by its vigorous growth, such as treasured memories, people, places, good fortune etc. its use in design therefore also conveys any appropriate concept designated to it. In carving the koru is often the cut out or spirit shape as in this Ira design.
This stands for permanent love and entwinement through the embodiment of the life principle of Ira, where Ira Atua, the Spirit is balanced by Ira Tangata, the Body. It is expressed in two ways in this carving, once, as the two halves of the piece, and aga
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This carving is from a series of similar designs called Moana, for its derivation from the waves of the oceans.
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