This elegant Hapopo Toki
features a beautifully carved koru spiral, creating a sense of movement within the strong, traditional adze shape. The stone displays soft olive green tones layered with natural dark inclusions that highlight the character of genuine West Coast pounamu. Smoothly finished surfaces and balanced proportions allow the unique patterns of the stone to stand out, giving this pendant a calm yet powerful presence.
A fantastic Toki hand carved from a beautiful bright piece of Hapopo Pounamu, with a gorgeous Koru carved into the side, will be a treasured taonga.
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.
Koru- The Māori word for bright or loop. It refers to the shoots of the silver fern. The circular movement to the inner core refers to "going back to the beginnings". The unfurling frond itself is symbolic for new life, new beginnings, hope, personal growth, purity nurturing, a new phase in life, the spirit of rejuvenation and peace.
Hapopo- Genuine West Coast Greenstone. It's colour ranges from medium green to a dark forest green with a unique mottled texture. The name originating from Kā Umu o Hapopo (Big Bay) which is in Poutini ki te toka (South Westland).
Hand Carved by Paul Anderson
Ngai Tahu Trace Code: P2017XHT
Size 80mm long x 30mm wide x 7mm thick
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