A beautiful Double Koru sculpture wonderfully hand crafted from an exquisite piece of rich bright green Kahurangi Flower Pounamu and displayed on a fantastic Pahautane Chert base. This will be a taonga to treasure.
Koru- The Maori word for bright or loop. It refers to the shoots of the silver fern. The circular movement to the inner core refers to "going back to the beginnings". The unfurling frond itself is symbolic for new life, new beginnings, hope, personal growth, purity nurturing, a new phase in life, the spirit of rejuvenation and peace.
Sculpture - Kahurangi- Genuine West Coast Greenstone from the Marsden, West Coast area. Kahurangi is the rarest variety of pounamu. It is highly translucent and often comes in vivid shades of green. Small, feather-like markings in the stone can give a cloud effect – although to be classed as Kahurangi, this effect must not reduce the stone’s clarity. The word Kahurangi also indicates nobility and refers to precious jewels and held in high esteem by Māori.
Putiputi (Flower) Jade- is New Zealand’s most prized Greenstone, with pale green or ochre clouds of colour. This distinctive patterning and colouring come from the outside rim or 'rind' of the greenstone boulders or stones where the surface has oxidised.
Base -
Pahautane Chert(also referred to as Heaphyite) is a distinct type of sedimentary rock found in isolated pockets within Oligocene bioclastic limestone on the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand. Pahautane chert was highly valued by indigenous Māori communities over a span of at least 500 years. Because chert fractures conchoidally to produce incredibly sharp edges, it was widely utilized as a lithic resource
Hand Carved by Jayme Anderson
Size Sculpture 96mm dia x 12mm thick
Base 143mm wide x 81mm depth x 66mm high
Total height 138mm
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