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- Koru abstract "The koru (Māori for "loop") is a spiral shape based on the shape of a new unfurling silver fern frond and symbolizing new life, growth, strength and peace. It is an integral symbol in Māori art, carving and tattoos. The circular shape of the koru helps to convey the idea of perpetual movement while the inner coil suggests a return to the point of origin.[citation needed]Koru is the integral central motif of symbolic, seemingly-abstract kowhaiwhai designs, traditionally used to decorate Maori wharenui (meeting houses). There are numerous semi-formal designs, representing different features of the natural world.Koru can also refer to bone carvings. Those generally take the shape of the uncurling fern plant. When bone is worn on the skin, it changes colour as oil is absorbed. The Māori took this to symbolise that the spirit of the person was inhabiting the pendant. When someone gives a pendant to someone else, it is the custom that they wear it for a time so that part of their spirit is given as well. A koru design (based on the ngaru kowhaiwhai pattern) is used in a stylised form as the logo of Air New Zealand and as an iconic symbol of New Zealand flora. Friedensreich Hundertwasser based his Koru Flag for New Zealand on the symbol, and it also formed the basis for a notable series of artworks by Gordon Walters. The koru swirls are also reminiscent of the Tomoe symbol in Japan.".
- Koru thumbnail Koru_Unfurling.JPG?width=300.
- Koru wikiPageExternalLink greenstone-meanings-and-designs-koru-spiral.
- Koru wikiPageID "851084".
- Koru wikiPageRevisionID "595050753".
- Koru hasPhotoCollection Koru.
- Koru subject Category:Māori_art.
- Koru subject Category:Māori_words_and_phrases.
- Koru subject Category:National_symbols_of_New_Zealand.
- Koru subject Category:Visual_motifs.
- Koru type Artifact100021939.
- Koru type Decoration103169390.
- Koru type Design103178782.
- Koru type Motif103789014.
- Koru type Object100002684.
- Koru type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Koru type VisualMotifs.
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- Koru comment "The koru (Māori for "loop") is a spiral shape based on the shape of a new unfurling silver fern frond and symbolizing new life, growth, strength and peace. It is an integral symbol in Māori art, carving and tattoos.".
- Koru label "Koru".
- Koru label "Koru".
- Koru label "コル".
- Koru sameAs Koru.
- Koru sameAs コル.
- Koru sameAs m.03h3b1.
- Koru sameAs Q3108354.
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- Koru sameAs Koru.
- Koru wasDerivedFrom Koru?oldid=595050753.
- Koru depiction Koru_Unfurling.JPG.
- Koru isPrimaryTopicOf Koru.
