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Toi Ataata
kape
kōwhaiwhai symbol
tūingoa
Paekupu
WHAKAMĀRAMA
He tohu ka whakamahia i ngā tauira kōwhaiwhai, he rite ki te kape o te kanohi tangata, arā, te pae tukemata.
A symbol used in kōwhaiwhai, similar in appearance to a person's eyebrow.
E tino kitea ana te tohu o te kape i ngā kōwhaiwhai i te wharenui o Te Poho o Rukupō, e tū ana i te kāinga o Manutuke. He mea hanga tēnei wharenui i te ngahuru tau 1880, ā, he peita katoa ngā tīpuna i ngā poupou o te whare: