This stunning Koropepe Manaia (Guardian) pendant is hand carved from Kahotea Flower Pounamu, showing soft layered green tones with flowing Putiputi patterning across the stone. The form curves gracefully through the body, finishing in a beautifully spiraling tail that gives the piece movement and expression. Polished to a smooth sheen, it carries gentle depth, clarity, and the protective presence of the Manaia.
Koropepe
is a mythical being in the shape of an eel, (an important food source for pre-European Maori). It also represents that of a grandfather and has a spiritual meaning of guardianship and warding off evil. The Koru, the curling part of this carving, represents an unfurling new fern shoot, new beginnings, hope, personal growth, purity nurturing, a new phase in life, the spirit of rejuvenation and peace, that of a new Mokopuna (grandchild).Together they form a strong spiritual force for good.
Kahotea
– Pounamu from the Greenstone, West Coast area. A type streaked or flecked with white. The name Kahotea derives from Kaho, meaning light coloured tea (white or clear).
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.
Carved by Luke Gardiner
Size 79mm long x 58mm wide x 13mm thick
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