A gorgeous Hei Matau hand carved from a beautiful piece of Auhunga Pounamu, showing soft pale green tones with subtle shifts in colour through the stone. Finished with a high polish, this will be a special taonga.
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.
Auhunga- Genuine West Coast Greenstone from the Arahura River area, West Coast. Auhunga Pounamu is a pale opaque green colour. Resembling the Southern New Zealand mountains, its --name translates to frosty, given as the intermediate of Inanga and Kawakawa.
Hand Carved by Kurtis Bell
Size 69mm Long x 38mm wide x 8mm thick
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