A fantastic Patiti(Hatchet) with a steel head is set onto a Purple Heart Wood handle, set into the handle is a gorgeous piece of Marsden Flower Pounamu this incredible Hatchet sits on an Auhunga Pounamu base with a Purple Heart fitted support to match, this will be an amazing gift, presentation piece or award. The craftmanship exhibited by this young artist at the start of his career has us excited to see his future mahi.
Marsden Flower
Pounamu from the Marsden, West Coast area. The centre of this stone is a highly translucent, light-ish green shade, free from dark spots and other flaws. One of the rarest varieties, held in high esteem by the Māori. The most prized Greenstone in New Zealand is Flower Jade, Greenstone with pale green or ochre clouds of colour. This distinctive patterning and colouring come from the outside rim or 'rind' of the greenstone boulders or stones where the surface has oxidised.
Auhunga- Genuine West Coast Greenstone from the Arahura River area, West Coast. Auhunga Pounamu is a pale opaque green colour. Resembling the Southern New Zealand mountains, its --name translates to frosty, given as the intermediate of Inanga and Kawakawa.
Purple Heart
wood is a deep purple-violet colour when freshly cut maturing to dark brown. The original colour is restored when re-cut.
Hatchet size - 143mm wide x 393mm long x 31mm thick
Base size - 215mm high x 83mm wide x 277mm long Approx
Carved by Kaleb Schad
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