This Kuru (Drop) is carved from Raukaraka pounamu, showing a striking blend of warm honey-gold and russet tones fading into soft sage and pale green toward the base, giving the stone a natural, landscape-like gradient of colour. The form is a simple tapered drop, left free of carving so the natural beauty and colour variation of the stone remains the focus. A single drilled hole sits at the top, threaded with a black cord and finished with a neat woven knot. The surface is polished to a smooth, glassy lustre, allowing the warm and cool tones within the stone to shift and glow as the piece catches the light.
Kuru- Drop pendants are regarded as touch stones for meditation and representing a connection to the whenua (the land) Aotearoa (New Zealand). The Kuru design is a simple slender length of pounamu worn to encourage knowledge, confidence and independence.
Raukaraka- Genuine West Coast Greenstone from the Taramakau River Area. This is the term used by the Māori of the Cook Strait region of the Kawakawa variety that is streaked with a shade of olive green and has yellow and orange hues that blend into the greens. This stone shares its name with the New Zealand native Karaka tree.
Hand Carved by Deane Moreton
Size 65mm long x 29mm wide x 6mm thick
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