Bone manaia, wheku, takarangi.

This is a manaia shaped from tohora.  Sperm whale. The eyes are paua and root coral.

 Bone Mask (Wheku)

 Bone Spiral (Takarangi)

bone poupou

Here are some of the Maori bone figures I carve similar to Poupou.  All figures are different, not just because of the shapes but also the shape and size of bone is different. I like to make them similar to each other, but still different.  Just like real people.

enter the templeThe Mana

Some times you end up at a mystic place, and you realise that, its where you started.  This place fixed me and then, I helped to fix it. The shark (Ikahoea) is carved swimming, on the ceiling. It's surreal, like standing on the ocean floor looking at a shark above you. The house is different now.  Its been moved afew meters and trees have grown. 
This is the house of Kaipoho from Rongowhakaata.  Carved by master Raharuhi Rukupo.  Some of the poupou are carved with jade (pounamu) stone. This house is the younger brother of the famous house Te_Hau_ki_Turanga  But this house lives up to its name, Te Mana.