'Tukutahinga' Wheku Mask

This piece is entitled 'Tukutahinga' referring to the synchronisation of the two hemispheres of the brain. The white hues represent light and knowledge synchronising. The purple represents knowledge transfer, the Pineal gland, the centre of perception. The twelve white sections represent the twelve Heavens.

Medium: Carved from native Tōtara wood with pāua shell inlays and paint.