This Whale Bone Toki is hand carved with a soft curve through the profile, giving the piece a sense of quiet movement. The bone’s warm colour and subtle grain come through beautifully beneath the polished surface, adding texture and natural depth.
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.
Whale Bone
has always been a special medium for Māori artists, Whales are considered a taonga species, and represent abundance, richness and were regarded as chiefly animals. Some tribes see whales as the descendants of Tangaroa, the god of the ocean and strandings are seen as gifts from Tangaroa and carving them is a way of honouring that gift. Whales possess a tapu (sacred) significance to Māori as both supernatural beings and as harbingers of personal change and spiritual growth.
Traditionally carved from Genuine Whale bone - Ethically sourced from Banks Peninsula (Te Pataka o Rakaihautū)
Hand Carved by Mark Stewart
Size 53mm long x 36mm wide x 14mm thick
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