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A hei matau is a bone or greenstone carving in the shape of a highly stylised fish hook typical of the MÄori people of New Zealand.They represent strength, good luck and safe travel across water.egend holds that the shape of Hawke Bay is that of the hei matau, which caught in the fish's side on the beach. The MÄori name for the North island, Te Ika a Maui (The fish of Maui) reflects this legend. For the MÄori, the hei matau is taonga (a cultural treasure).
The statues were carved by the Polynesian colonizers of the island, mostly between circa 1250 CE and 1500 CE. In addition to representing deceased ancestors, the moai, once they were erected on ahu, may also have been regarded as the embodiment of powerful living or former chiefs and important lineage status symbols.ll but 53 of the 887 moai known to date were carved from tuff (a compressed volcanic ash) from Rano Raraku, where 394 moai and incomplete moai are still visible today. There are also 13 moai carved from basalt, 22 from trachyte and 17 from fragile red scoria.