This Hei Matau is handcrafted from Kawakawa Flower Pounamu, showing warm green tones with soft Putiputi (Flower) patterning through the stone. The hook form is smooth and flowing spiraling to koru-like point, giving the piece a graceful sense of movement and balance. Finished with a satin polish, it’s a beautifully balanced pendant with natural warmth.
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 traveling across water.
Kawakawa- is the most common variety of Pounamu. it comes in many shades - from strong, rich green to dark green - and often has small dark flecks, which add to its character. Named after the leaf of the Kawakawa. It is the main type used in gem purposes.
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.
Hand Carved by Luke Leaf
Size 59mm Long x 29mm wide x 7mm thick
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