A Lovely handcrafted Kuru from a wonderful piece of Inanga Flower Jade. A cute little carving with an unusual shape allowing the stone to speak for itself.
The Drop/Kuru - Drop pendants are regarded as touch stones for meditation and representing a connection to the whenua (the land) Aotearoa (New Zealand). The Kuru design is a simple slender length of pounamu worn to encourage knowledge, confidence and independence.
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.The most prized Greenstone in New Zealand is flower jade, Greenstone
with pale green or ochre clouds of colour. This distinctive patterning and colouring comes from the outside rim or 'rind' of the greenstone
boulders or stones where the surface has oxidised.
