WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga
Hei tauira ēnei o te korotiwha:
He whakanikotanga ka whakanōhia ki te mata o tētahi taonga rākau. Ka karoa atu te āhua o te whakanikotanga i te mata o te rākau, ā, ka whakaurua ki aua wāhi he rauemi kē atu pērā i tētahi momo rākau kē, i te kota pāua rānei.
An embellishment that is put onto the surface of a wooden object. The shape of the embellishment is dug out of the surface of the wood and another material such as a different type of wood or pāua shell is put into those places.
korotiwha - inlay, the process of countersinking pieces of shell in carved objects
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