matapaia
1. (noun) pottery clay, clay work, pottery.
He rite te āhua o ngā matapaia a te iwi Lapita ki ērā o ō rātou tīpuna. Ko te mea rerekē, ko ngā whakanikoniko ki ngā matapaia i hua ake i Ngā Moutere o Bismarck (Te Ara 2014). / The pottery of the Lapita people was similar in form to that of their forebears, but the thing that was different was the decoration on the pottery that emerged in the Bismarck Islands.
Synonyms: taonga uku, uku, pereti