About this item: These shell trumpets also have a female, flute voice. A Bursa Bobo shell on a base with shell decorations or with a pair of carved bone whales as shown. They unite the world of Tangaroa, the Sea God, with the wood from Tāne, God of the Forest’s children.

About Taonga Puoro: In Maori Music traditions musical instruments are members of the families of the Gods. Tunes are named Rangi after the Sky Father to whom they ascend after being sounded and Rhythms  come from the heartbeats of Papa, the Earth Mother. Their children, Hine pu te Hue, Tane, and Tawhiri Matea, their Great uncle Tangaroa and a grandchild, Raukatauri, Goddess of flute music, are most of the ancestors of a wide range of musical instruments.

Material: Recycled Matai