Douglas Creek Medium Toki

Douglas Creek Medium TokiThis Medium Lashed Toki is carved from NZ Douglas Creek Pounamu with a fully adjustable black waxed cord and completed with a matt finish Douglas Creek Greenstone is a type of serpentinite, a metamorphic rock found on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand near its namesake, Douglas Creek & it is one of the three stones that are considered part of the Pounamu family, known for its varied appearance with potential gold, orange, and brown

This Medium Toki is carved from Marsden Pounamu completed with a polished finish & comes lashed with a fully adjustable brown waxed cord

This carving has a front raised curved pyramid design & has a flat back

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

This Angled Toki Drop is made from top quality Marsden New Zealand Greenstone and has been finished with a knotted whipping lashing & a fully adjustable black waxed cord

This Abstract Marsden Large Pyramid Curved Lashed Drop is made from top quality New Zealand Marsden Pounamu (Greenstone) and has been strung with a fully adjustable black waxed cord

New Zealand was fished up out of the sea by Maui

this is because the Mako shark is such a resilient

and connection to the whenua — carrying the mana and story of each carved piece into the future

W 1cm (Bottom of Carving)

It can also come in a type called ‘flower jade’ – this is generally the part of the stone closest to the outside that is showing the greatest degree of inclusion and oxidation

Carved from Marsden Flower Pounamu this type of stone comes from an area outside Greymouth on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island

W 2cm middle carving