This Hei Matau is hand carved from Kahurangi Pounamu, showing clear green tones with soft shifts of colour moving through the stone. The hook form is clean and well shaped, giving the pendant a sense of flow and uplift. Finished with a smooth polish, it carries clarity and refined contemporary character.
Hei Matau(Fishhook) - Originally Maori have been fishermen. Their main food source was the sea, so a fishhook of high quality was a very valuable item to own. The hook became a symbol of prosperity, abundance, good health, power, authority and respect for the sea and its life in it. They also provide good luck and safety while travelling across water.
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.
Carved by Shaun Gardiner
Size 52mm Long x 25mm wide x 7mm thick
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