iʻe kuku,  ('upena pāwehe рūрū  )
Bark cloth or tapa (kapa), was made from the inner bark of such plants as the māmaki, oloa (ma'aloa, ma'oloa), 'akala, and hau but most frequently from  (wauke). Processed bark strips were beaten together with other strips using square beaters ie kuku. Finishing kapa used elaborate edge-to-edge watermarks made by pressing thin tapa with the
designed ie. These ie were used for making  imprints, which, obscured by the printed patterns, are visible only when the tapa is held so light shines through it. These hidden designs perhaps imprinted veiled meanings (kaona) into the tapa itself.
This design is an omage to some historic patterns of  ie kuku