This marvellous Maori carving is situated over the entrance door to the Cottage Room in The Ballance House which is likened to a Maori Meeting House known as a Wharenui.

Specially carved for display at The Ballance House, It specifically incorporates a Maori symbol in the bottom left corner and a celtic cross in the bottom right corner to represent Northern Ireland.

This explanatory diagram identifies the many intricacies within the carving.