$4,000.00
by Piri Cowie
Bronze
115 × 87mm
Tuna, hao, eels are highly valued within our Māori culture; they are a taoka species and are endemic to Aotearoa, Te Waipounamu.
Mahika kai – are our cultural practices of harvesting our traditional indigenous foods, resources and being in the places of our ancestors. Engaging in mahika kai creates strong connections with our whenua, land, awa, rivers, puna, springs, roto, lakes, moana, oceans. Roles of manaakitaka, caring for people and kaitiakitaka, caring for our natural environment, are instilled in the activities of mahika kai, where the transference of intergenerational indigenous knowledge continues.
“Hao” honours our taonga species, the wai they live in and our indigenous cultural practices of mahika kai.
Artwork will be available for pick up/dispatch after the exhibition.
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