A wonderful hand crafted Inanga Greenstone sculpture, mounted onto a very rare yellow Pounamu Kokopu water worn stone base created a spectacular piece to be handed down generation to generation.
Koru - The Maori 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.
Sculpture -This a Genuine West Coast Inanga Greenstone from the Arahura River area, West Coast.A grey-green colour. It is either very translucent or quite opaque. Highly prized by the Maori and the desired material for making Mere and Patu.
Base -This a Genuine West Coast Kokopu Greenstone from the Taramakau River area, West Coast.Also known as trout-stone named after the dark brown, olive green and yellowish markings found on the three species of native freshwater trout.
