Spirals

The spiral of an opening fern was one of the Maori people's favorite visual images, and it occurs throughout their art, I learned. Modern New Zealand has adopted it in many logos and national images as well. I've been watching for it as I walk around.
We saw lots of ferns in the Botanical Garden, including the tree ferns that are very primitive and native to this area. On the manhole covers everywhere in the streets, I saw a modern interpretation, and in tattooing designs and carved native images, I noticed spirals everywhere too.