ONE OF KIND NATHAN JERRY NZ POUNAMU GREENSTONE JADE MAORI PEKAPEKA NECKLACE


ONE OF KIND NATHAN JERRY NZ POUNAMU GREENSTONE JADE MAORI PEKAPEKA NECKLACE

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ONE OF KIND NATHAN JERRY NZ POUNAMU GREENSTONE JADE MAORI PEKAPEKA NECKLACE:
$325.00


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OUTSTANDINGLY BEAUTIFUL 100% UNIQUE NEW ZEALAND GREENSTONE ARAHURA DEEP IVY GREEN POUNAMU MAORI CARVED AND BEAUTIFULLY INLAID PEKAPEKA NECKLACE byNew Zealand Maorimaster carver Nathan Jerry from the South Island of New Zealand - SUPERB FLAWLESS POUNAMU - expertly carved by Nathan, showing this fabulous stone to its maximum advantage. Stunning and ONE OF KIND.

Hand carved by Nathan,it is finished with a soft satin glow and measures 3.2\" by 1.5\" with a rounded sculptural depth of 9mms - expertly bound onto a strong natural adjustable hand braided waxed cord.The Pekapeka is an ancient Maori symbol believed to represent the night flying bat ( a child of Tane, God of the Forest) - a powerful talisman against harm. Inlaid with an eye of bright blue iridescent NZ paua haliotis iris shell. A TRUE COLLECTOR\'S WEARABLE ART PIECE - ONE OF KIND.

Nathan is of Tainui Maori descent and is a trained TohungaWhakairo (Maori carver).

The carvings I offer are priced incredibly reasonably for genuine artist carvedNZ POUNAMU which will soon become impossible to obtain. I am a fair trade seller and pay the carvers what they deserve. All my pendants are blessed in the Maori tradition. All my photos are taken outside in natural light - no digital enhancement - no photoshopping - what you see is what you get!

Pounamu is found only in the South Island of New Zealand. Because of this, the island was originally named Te Wāhi Pounamu (the place of pounamu), but over time this name changed to Te Wai Pounamu (the greenstone waters). No other jade should be classified as pounamu as it is a Maori name for the stone. - there are ten main types of pounamu:

  • Arahura - a dark velvet green
  • Inanga - pale blue or green - can be opaque or translucent
  • Totoweka - a rare type - streaked or spotted with red
  • Kahotea - dark green with darker inclusions
  • Kawakawa - rich leaf green sometimes with dark freckling
  • Kohuwai - a misty grey blue with vivid bright green - like moss in a stream.
  • Kokopu - sometimes called troutstone - silver or golden green with brown freckling
  • Kahurangi - emerald clear green sometimes with white feathering - highly prized
  • Raukaraka - called Flower Jade - varied greens with gold/orange blooms
  • Tangiwai - bowenite - found only in certain areas of Aotearoa NZ - dark blue/green - exceptional translucence.

You are welcome at my sales - please read my 100% response and know you are buying ONE OF A KIND CARVINGS BY NATIVE NEW ZEALAND ARTISTS exactly as described and pictured. DON\'TSETTLE FOR VERY INFERIOR TOURIST MASS PRODUCED SOUVENIRS - many of the low priced so called \"Maori\" jade carvings you see on at the moment are not carved in New Zealand and not New Zealand jade.

New Zealand gold

Māori valued pounamu in the same way Europeans valued gold. Around the 1870s, Te Otatu from Coromandel remarked: ‘Let the gold be worked by the white men. It was not a thing known to our ancestors. My only treasure is the pounamu.’ (Kati ano taku taonga nui i te pounamu.)1

The main deposits used by Māori are in the districts around the Taramakau and Arahura rivers in Westland, coastal south Westland and the Lake Wakatipu area in Otago. In addition, there is a significant field of bowenite in Milford Sound (Piopiotahi).

Traditionally, the pounamu in the Arahura River has been most important for Poutini Ngāi Tahu (Ngāi Tahu people on the West Coast), with the junction of this river and Waitaiki (Olderog) Stream being particularly important.

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ONE OF KIND NATHAN JERRY NZ POUNAMU GREENSTONE JADE MAORI PEKAPEKA NECKLACE:
$325.00

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