Small Lashed Pyramid Toki

Small Lashed Pyramid TokiThis beautiful Small Pyramid Toki is made from top quality New Zealand Greenstone and lashed with an adjustable black waxed cord. Carved from Marsden Flower Pounamu this type of stone comes from an area outside Greymouth on the West Coast of New Zealands South Island. This Toki (Adze) was an important Maori implement. In bone or stone, it was traditionally worn by Maori elders, as it represented power, wisdom, authority, strength, control,

It is a device for catching good luck and energy

5cm middle of carving

The fish hook (hei matua) was an important resource for Maori

and today this includes protection for travelers on all modes of transport

strong creature that has survived on earth for thousands of years

and cultural beauty which is also rooted in tradition while it also celebrates the natural beauty of New Zealand greenstone through meaningful contemporary design represents endurance

Greenstone(Pounamu) Drop Pendants/Carvings are according to a Maori myth

Birthday or Anniversary Gift and/or a Family keepsake to be handed down the generations

determination and focus

This Pyramid Shield Tooth is made from top quality New Zealand Greenstone/Pounamu and comes with a brown waxed fully adjustable cord

In bone or stone

The Disc (potohita)design  with no beginning or end it symbolizes the circle of life or of the unity & wholeness with the never ending bond or connection between people/whanau/friends it`s design come from the Piko Piko Fern whose fronds curl around one another in nature