Hei-tiki pendant
nephrite jade with red sealing wax
19th century CE
Maori culture
NewZealand
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Thanks to my partner/Sub @pupjuniper.bsky.social for my beautiful #Koru sacred #Pounamu ( #Maori #Greenstone) necklace - still one of the best, special + most uniquely thoughtful gifts I've ever received. 🥹 Aroha ahau ki a koe, babe. 💜
A carved greenstone Māori hei-tiki with intricate facial features and abalone shell inlay for eyes, set against a plain background.
Collection of traditional Māori hei-tiki pendants, showcasing intricate carvings and various sizes, some with attached cords.
#Heitiki ornaments worn by the #Maori of #Aotearoa are fashioned by hand from tough #pounamu (#NewZealand greenstone or nephrite jade), and worn around the neck. No two hei tiki are alike and each one has its own personality imbued in. 📝Kim Martins https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1659/hei-tiki/
Esteemed kaumātua and ‘Coaster’ Paul Madgwick guides the reader through early #Poutini mythology, the discovery of #pounamu, the story of settlement, battles between iwi, life in the pā and contact with Europeans.
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Harry Broad reviews Poutini: The Ngāi Tahu History of the West Coast by Paul Madgwick.
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#Newzealand #Jade a #semipreciousstone known as #pounamu. One of the first stones I ever worked with in a little town on the #NZ South Island. It’s the stone that started it all for me and now my work is shipped #internationally all over the world.
More work I’ve done with other forms of #NewZealand #pounamu #serpentine. A #semipreciousstone that can make or great and unique #jewellery #pendants for every day wear. All hand carved in my own studio in #Medway #Kent.
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Less #alien, more #matrix: another #Pounamu Trail-inspired image.
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