Powerful good luck symbol. The tilted head symbolises thinking, the hand is strength, the mouth is communication, the heart is love and the loins are fertility. Mere, Patu or Waihaka is a Maori weapon or club. Modern usage symbolises facing and overcoming life's challenges and difficulties. Maori weapon or club.
Modern usage symbolises facing and overcoming life's challenges and difficulties.
C105 Maori weapon or club. Modern usage symbolises facing and overcoming life's challenges and difficulties. C107 Maori weapon or club. Some have large owl like eyes to keep watch over the Marae and some have a protruding tongue which is an attitude of defiance in the face of the enemy.