A stunning Huru (Feather) handcrafted from a beautiful piece of Kawakawa Pounamu and set onto a Serpentinite Pounamu base, this piece will make a truly wonderful taonga or an incredible corporate gift.
Huru
– Feathers are highly significant, symbolizing status, connection to ancestors, and the spiritual world, used in prestigious items like the kahu huruhuru (feather cloak) for chiefs, with specific birds like the huia (now extinct) and kiwi holding immense cultural value, representing mana, leadership, and lineage, woven into cloaks for important occasions and ceremonies.
Status & Mana: Feathers from rare and beautiful birds denoted high rank and spiritual power (mana).
Spiritual Connection: Birds are messengers from the spiritual realm, and their feathers carry blessings and ancestral wisdom.
Identity: The selection and arrangement of feathers in cloaks (korowai) represent lineage, family, and tribal identity.
Kawakawa- is the most common variety of Pounamu. it comes in many shades - from strong, rich green to dark green - and often has small dark flecks, which add to its character. Named after the leaf of the Kawakawa. It is the main type used in gem purposes.
Serpentinite
has amazing healing qualities; to replenish and restore energy in the body, it also creates a protective and energetic field around us. Serpentinite can be a porous stone; in some cases, it will absorb the oils from your skin and deepen the colour of your stone. Each piece of Serpentinite has inclusions of many minerals that make a stunning piece of Artwork. Two or more Serpentine minerals can form a Serpentinite Rock and many other sub varieties of this stunner. This is regarded as one of the three stones that make up the Pounamu family.
Carved by Josh Nicol-Molitor
Sculpture Size - 115mm high x 28mm wide x 8mm thick
Base Size – 119mm wide x 90mm deep x 33mm high
Total height – 143mm
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