Marsden Flower Jade Hei Toki & Koru Pendant

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Marsden Flower Jade Hei Toki & Koru Pendant

This pendant is carved from Marsden Flower Jade greenstone / Pounamu, which is becoming a popular stone nowadays.

The style of pendant is known as a Toki/Adze shape has proved to be very popular. Half way up the toki a koru has been carved in the toki's body.

This piece is carved in the south island of New Zealand from Marsden Flower Jade by Nathan Jerry. Nathan is trained in traditional maori carving in wood, bone and stone. His has been carving traditional maori designs for more than 20 years. He is of Tainui decent and His Hapu is Ngati Kiriwai. He has the deepest respect for our nations most prized possession - pounamu. He currently lives in Invercargill and works from his own studio.

The pendant has been hand carved with a matte finish giving the pendant a beautiful natural and smooth feel.

This pendant from Nathan, is a one off piece and unique and will not be available again.

The pendant measures 58mm (2.28 inch) long, 38mm (1.49 inch) wide and 5mm (0.2 inch) thick.

It is made from Marsden Flower Jade / Greenstone, which is also known as Flower Jade or Marsden stone. This greenstone features orange, yellow and brown markings which combine with the green colours to produce beautiful patterns in the stone. In Maori this variety of greenstone is called Raukaraka, which means the leaves of the karaka tree.

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The Toki

Known in English as the Adze. The Toki had much meaning to the Maori, it was of course an essential tool for the survival and day to day life of a Maori tribe, it was usually fashioned from stone or greenstone. The Maori also attribute the spiritual meaning of Strengh and Power to the Toki.

The Koru

This pendant also features a Koru design, the koru has been inspired by the unfurling fern frond, however in a spiritual sense the Maori use the Koru to represent peace, tranquility, personal growth, positive change and awakening.

This pendant really shows the natural beauty of greenstone. Greenstone is regarded as precious to the Maori of New Zealand and given as a taonga (gift) it is an honour to receive.

It is suspended on a traditional plaited natural coloured waxed cord that is fully adjustable for the wearer, the piece comes in a velvet pouch with a meaning card.