Hand Carved Wheku Mask 13cm by Thomas Hansen contemporary maori carving Hei Tiki is said to

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Hand Carved Wheku Mask 13cm by Thomas Hansen contemporary maori carving Hei Tiki is said toHandcarved in New Zealand by Thomas Hansen Timber: NZ Totara This is a miniature of a mask that would be placed on the apex of a meeting house. This particular style of Koruru is called Wheku. 9cm x 13cm x 3cm About Wheku: The wheku (gable mask) sits below the tekoteko (standing figure) on the top of a whare nui (meeting house). The mask can be related to an important ancestor of the house or be symbolic of a story relating to the origins of the