This Koru pendant is hand carved from beautifully toned Inanga Pounamu, showing soft green colour with gentle movement through the stone. The spiral form is clean and well balanced, carrying the traditional sense of growth and renewal. Finished with neat cord binding at the top, it has a calm, refined presence with natural clarity.
Koru- The Maori word for bright or loop. It refers to the shoots of the silver fern. The circular movement to the inner core refers to "going back to the beginnings". The unfurling frond itself is symbolic for new life, new beginnings, hope, personal growth, purity nurturing, a new phase in life, the spirit of rejuvenation and peace.
Inanga- Pounamu takes its name from a freshwater fish native to New Zealand. It is pale and often transparent, like the young of the Inanga fish. It is pearly white to grey green in colour, and ranges from translucent to quite opaque. It can change colour over time, developing a light olive tint as it ages and oxidises - Highly prized by the Māori and the desired material for making Mere and Patu.
Hand Carved by Aden Hoglund
Diameter 50mm x 37mm wide x 6.5mm thick
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