This larger sized Toki is hand carved from rich Marsden Flower Pounamu, showing warm green tones with the captivating bright golden Putiputi patterning unique to the stone. Its clean shaping and generous form give the piece a strong, balanced presence, with natural warmth and depth running through the stone. A striking pendant with character and clarity.
Toki/Adze – The Toki had much meaning for the Māori, fashioned from stone or greenstone it was an essential tool for survival and day to day life for the Māori. That is the reason Māori attribute the spiritual meaning of strength and power to the Toki. This symbol represents Mana, determination, control, strength, focus and honour.
Marsden Flower Pounamu- from the Marsden, West Coast area. The centre of this stone is a highly translucent, light-ish green shade, free from dark spots and other flaws. One of the rarest varieties, held in high esteem by the Māori. The most prized Greenstone in New Zealand is Flower Jade, 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.
Hand Carved by Anthony Coakley
Size 104mm long x 43mm wide x 10mm thick
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