Mehe
A4 Pen and ink illustration printed on 300gsm
Mehe, the beautiful and fierce female warrior uses a double patu fighting style. Placed here with the Pātiki or pātikitiki (flounder) tukutuku design. Based on the lozenge or diamond shape of the flounder fish. The pātikitiki significance relates to being able to provide 100% - not only for the husband, or the whānau, but for the whole iwi. It acknowledges the fact that women were always looking for ways to supplement their food supplies, even in the dark when the flounders came, while their men were sound asleep.
A4 Pen and ink illustration printed on 300gsm
Mehe, the beautiful and fierce female warrior uses a double patu fighting style. Placed here with the Pātiki or pātikitiki (flounder) tukutuku design. Based on the lozenge or diamond shape of the flounder fish. The pātikitiki significance relates to being able to provide 100% - not only for the husband, or the whānau, but for the whole iwi. It acknowledges the fact that women were always looking for ways to supplement their food supplies, even in the dark when the flounders came, while their men were sound asleep.
A4 Pen and ink illustration printed on 300gsm
Mehe, the beautiful and fierce female warrior uses a double patu fighting style. Placed here with the Pātiki or pātikitiki (flounder) tukutuku design. Based on the lozenge or diamond shape of the flounder fish. The pātikitiki significance relates to being able to provide 100% - not only for the husband, or the whānau, but for the whole iwi. It acknowledges the fact that women were always looking for ways to supplement their food supplies, even in the dark when the flounders came, while their men were sound asleep.