This Marsden Flower Hei Matau is stunning. The colouring is particularly distinctive, with soft olive greens flowing into dramatic charcoal feathering, while rich golden honey and caramel tones emerge through the lower half of the carving. It almost resembles the first light of sunrise breaking over a New Zealand landscape, making it a truly one-of-a-kind piece.
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.
Marsden Putiputi (Flower)
Pounamu from the Marsden, West Coast area. The centre of this stone is a highly translucent, light-ish green shade, free from dark spots and other flaws. One of the rarest varieties, held in high esteem by the Māori. The most prized Greenstone in New Zealand is Flower Jade, 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.
Carved by Luke Leaf
Size 75mm Long x 33mm wide x 4mm thick
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