Ngā pounamu hinu kakara matotoru koretake i roto i ngā momo kaha o ngā pounamu karāhe nui
Te Whakairo o te Kakara: He mahi toi rerekē
He mea nui ake i te hoahoa tuku iho, ka tautuhia anō e tēnei raupapa hinu kakara te papai mā roto i ōna pounamu matotoru, koretake hoki. He whakairo ahurei ia wahi, e wero ana i te ōritetanga me te whakanui i te hapa o te toi. Ehara i te mea he whakapuakitanga hoahoa anake te turanga matotoru me te pakari engari he tohu hoki mō te whenua huatau, e whakarato ana i te taumaha me te pumau e pai ana, e meinga ana te tangata kia noho taonga me te marino. Ka herea e tēnei turanga te pounamu, ka hangaia he āhua ataahua me te rere, me te āhua kore ōrite e ara ake ana i runga ake.
He mea hanga te pounamu ki te karāhe kounga teitei, taumaha, ā, he āhua rerekē ngā āhua o te pounamu, kia kore ai e tino ōrite ngā mea e rua. Ka hopu, ka huripokitia hoki e ngā āhua rerekē ngā rama mai i ngā koki rerekē, ka hurihia hei mea hihiri e hiahiatia ana mō te whakapehapeha. He maha ngā wā ka hangaia ngā pōtae ki ngā āhua rerekē, ki ngā whakapaipai whakarewa iti rānei hei whakaoti i tētahi kōrero toi.
Mā te mārama ki ngā hiahia kanorau o ngā tohunga o ēnei rā, ka taea te whakamahi i tēnei hoahoa ki ngā momo āheinga. Mā te rahi iti e taea ai te kawe me te kore e whakaiti i te hoahoa rongonui. Ko te putanga paerewa he hoa pai mō ia rā, ko te putanga nui, rongonui me te kaha nui ake ka waiho hei kakara motuhake me te toi whakapaipai hei taonga matua mō te pupuri i te wai.
Ehara tēnei pounamu i te ipu noa iho; koinei te tīmatanga o te kakara o te ngākau. Ka whakarite i tētahi wheako kakara ahurei, maha-āhua hoki. Ka kukume i te hunga e whakanui ana i te toi i te mea tuku iho, e kite ana i te ataahua i roto i te mea rerekē, ā, e whakapono ana ko te ipu e pupuri ana i tō rātou kakara me rite te ahurei ki ngā maharatanga e whakaohokia ana e ia. Ehara tēnei i te pounamu hinu kakara noa iho; he mahi toi tēnei e taea te mau.
