A smaller Toki handcrafted from Kahotea Pounamu with lighter features and shifts of colour - a wonderful taonga.
Toki(Adze) – The Toki had much meaning for the Maori, fashioned from stone or greenstone it was an essential tool for survival and day to day life for the Maori. That is the reason Maori attribute the spiritual meaning of strength and power to the Toki. This symbol resembles determination, control, strength, focus and honour.
Kahotea- is a shortened form of Kakahotea, meaning “the white flowering seed head of the Toetoe.” Tradition tells of a daughter of Kupe who discovered a white-skinned Pounamu boulder high on the bank of the Arahura River beside a flowering Toetoe. The name commemorates that first discovery. Many boulders are white on the outside and known as Kahotea, when cut open, their inner variety is revealed, which has led to some confusion around the use of the name. (Mana Pounamu Book)
Hand Carved by Andy Ruskin
Size 23mm long x 19mm wide x 4.5mm thick
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