Pūrerehua
Pūrerehua are traditional musical instruments which were used in ritual and ceremonies of welcome.
RINGATOI/ARTIST: Bernard Makoare
HAPŪ: Te Uri o Hau, Ngāti Whātua, Te Waiariki, Te Kai Tutae, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi
SIZE: 150mm x 35mm x 7mm
RAUEMI/MATERIALS: Cow Bone
Pūrerehua are traditional musical instruments which were used in ritual and ceremonies of welcome.
RINGATOI/ARTIST: Bernard Makoare
HAPŪ: Te Uri o Hau, Ngāti Whātua, Te Waiariki, Te Kai Tutae, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi
SIZE: 150mm x 35mm x 7mm
RAUEMI/MATERIALS: Cow Bone
Pūrerehua are traditional musical instruments which were used in ritual and ceremonies of welcome.
RINGATOI/ARTIST: Bernard Makoare
HAPŪ: Te Uri o Hau, Ngāti Whātua, Te Waiariki, Te Kai Tutae, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi
SIZE: 150mm x 35mm x 7mm
RAUEMI/MATERIALS: Cow Bone
About this piece
Pūrerehua is the traditional name for a moth or butterfly and the sound it produces when swung on a string above the head of the player is an imitation of the sounds produced by beating wings. This instrument is made from cow bone and is decorated in a variation of the unaunahi pattern derived from fish scales and the symbol of abundance and hospitality and mana that comes from the provision of manaakitanga.
