Pātiti Parāoa - Whale Bone Hatchet cow bone Bind your taonga with the

Bind your taonga with the classic Maori toki bind

has a matt finish

Book the session by paying the $100 deposit to Carve Your Own Taonga

required our tūpuna (ancestors) to be expert mariners

5 x 27 x 6mm

Pātiti Parāoa - Whale Bone Hatchet cow bone Bind your taonga with thePtiti are the outcome of European trade and Mori ingenuity. Originally post colonial tools traded to Mori, ptiti are hatchets with the heads made from the repurposed European iron of axes or harpoons. Typically, the tools were ground down to make them substantially lighter and then attached to native wooden handles to make effective weapons. This ptiti was crafted by Alex Sands from an antique iron axe head with the handle carved from sperm whale