Wheku Tahi

MP-WT-2

$650.00

by Messini Palace

 

Resin, stone, pāua

 

Black

 

250 mm × 135 mm

 

A Wheku represents a tūpuna (ancestor) and kaitiaki (guardian) and is often found at an entrance to a whare or the apex of a gable of the Whare Nui.

 

Wheku Tahi is one of Messini’s first cast pieces and is based on a collaboration with friend and Master Carver, Michael Matchitt.

 

Individually hand crafted using stone (or resin) and finished with four layers of acrylic paint and pāua inlay eyes, a process that takes at least a week to complete with each one subtly unique.

 

Wheku Tahi comes in a signature contemporary colour palette ranging from Fluro, Neutrals, Metallic and Pastels.

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