This Hei Matau pendant, hand carved from Kokopu Pounamu, beautifully displays the stone’s distinctive speckled patterning and subtle green to brown hues. A polished finish highlights the Greenstone's variations in hue - a fantastic taonga.
Hei Matau/Fishhook - Originally Māori were fishermen. Their main food source was the sea, so a fishhook of high quality was an unbelievably 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.
Kokopu- Greenstone from the West Coast Taramakau River area, West Coast. Comes in many colour variations from light to dark browns, creamy whites, light blues, olive greens to yellow even golden. Also known as trout-stone named after the dark brown, olive green and yellowish markings found on the three species of native freshwater trout. The spotted textures and range of colour give this stone a diverse presence.
Carved by Moko Workshop
Size 104mm long 47mm wide x 13mm thick
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