Messini Palace - Whanau Ariki Cube Colour:Green Conversations with Creative Women

Conversations with Creative Women

Material: Hard enamel metal with brass plating and detailing

represents the individuals that make up the plaited-rope or 'taura whiri' of the iwi or tribe

who ascended through the 12 heavens to retrieve the three baskets of knowledge

The surf culture and ocean lifestyle experiences

Messini Palace - Whanau Ariki Cube Colour:Green Conversations with Creative WomenWhnau Ariki Cubes Whanau Ariki are celestial beings, the stars, planets, meteors, Sun and Moon that light up the night sky Korowai of Sky Father, Ranginui Te P. These Wheku (Ancestor) cubes are cast from what were originally whakairo rakau (wood carving) vintage salt and pepper shakers that were carved by the now defunct carving schools in Rotorua from around Mid Century 80s, for a predominantly tourist market. Messini has moulded out the holes that