korun.
/ˈkɒruː/, /ˈkɔːruː/, U.S. /ˈkɔˌru/, /ˈkɑˌru/, New Zealand English /ˈkoru/, /ˈkɒruː/, /ˈkoːruː/ New Zealand.
A common motif in Maori carving and tattooing, consisting of a spiral pattern terminating in a bulb.
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1938 W. J. Phillipps in Art in N.Z. X. 205 The koru, or pikopiko, which today rarely appears in carving, but is used in the construction of composite patterns for rafters.
1946 W. J. Phillipps in Dominion Mus. (N.Z.) Rec. Ethnol. I. 16 In tattoo it was also customary to incise a koru type of design on the centre of the forehead.
1946 W. J. Phillipps in Dominion Mus. (N.Z.) Rec. Ethnol. I. 21 Two pairs of koru, large and small.
1964 T. Barrow Decorative Arts N.Z. Maori iv. 64 Painted patterns appear on the underside of rafters in ceremonial meeting-houses and superior dwellings. Their elaborate curvilinear designs are usually based on a small bulb-like motif (koru) shaped like the looped top of an uncurling fern frond.
1970 Dominion Mus. (N.Z.) Rec. Ethnol. II. 31 An example of a carved koru design in its simplest form.
1970 Dominion Mus. (N.Z.) Rec. Ethnol. II. 34 The koru motifs (the curved stalk-like forms that terminate in a bulb).
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