Beautiful Marsden Flower pounamu defines this striking toki, featuring soft cloud-like formations that drift through deep forest green tones. The natural "flower" patterning a hallmark of Marsden Flower stone creates gentle bursts of lighter colour within the darker base, giving the piece depth and visual movement. Subtle earthy inclusions add character and authenticity, while the polished finish enhances the natural translucency of the stone, allowing light to softly illuminate its layered structure.
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 Jayme Anderson
Size 95mm long x 40mm wide x 7mm thick
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