Basement Kahuna and other carvers

Have you seen this webpage?

http://www.maori.org.nz/whakairo/panui/surface.htm

Great info on the site in general with regard to all things Maori, but of particular interest was the explaination of the patterns and heads.

Check it out.

pele

That's a great site...I saved it. Thanks! Those patterns are hard to nail. I have an original 19th century Rauponga Patu that I could probably never carve if I tried.