Lashed Marsden Toki

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This Medium Lashed Toki is carved from Marsden Pounamu completed with a polished finish & is lashed with a fully adjustable black waxed cord Carved from NZ Marsden Pounamu this typ e of stone comes from the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island.It also can be known as ‘flower jade’ – this is generally the part of the stone closest to the outside that is showing the greatest degree of inclusion and oxidation. This results in gorgeous colors – golds, reddish browns and a wide array of greens 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, determination and focus. Measurements L 5.5cm W 3cm Show more