A gorgeous Breastplate handcrafted from a fabulous piece of Kokopu Pounamu, with stunning colours and pattern this will be a great taonga.
Breastplate
signified strength and protection in battle. Today they still hold this symbolism but more as a representative scale.
Kokopu- Greenstone from the West Coast Taramakau River area, West Coast. Comes in many colour variations from light to dark browns, creamy whites, light blues, olive greens to yellow even golden. Also known as trout-stone named after the dark brown, olive green and yellowish markings found on the three species of native freshwater trout. The spotted textures and range of colour give this stone a diverse presence.
Carved by Conrad Henderson
Here at Moko we like to support our local NZ Carvers and choose to display their wonderful designs, all in the one place, for you to purchase.
Size 46mm Long x 70mm Wide
This will be the exact piece you will receive in the photos, there may be a slight degree of colour variation based on different computer or device screen resolutions that you are viewing from.
