UNIQUE RAREST MAORI POUNAMU NZ GREENSTONE INANGA JADE BOUND PENDANT BY RIC MOOR

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ALWAYS A HUGE PRIVILEGE TO HAVE RIC MOOR'S BEAUTIFUL PIECES ON HAND - RIC IS ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S MOST RESPECTED AND ADMIRED MASTER CARVERS WHOSE WORK IS SOLD AT OUR NATIONAL MUSEUM, TE PAPA, AND IS ON SHOW AT NEW ZEALAND'S PRINCIPAL GALLERIES AND EXHIBITIONS. His pieces are superbly designed, carved and finished - one of kind wearable art pieces from the rarest and finest New Zealand pounamu jade. I have several wonderful carvings by Ric to offer in the next few weeks - here is one very special small rare pendant! SUPER RARE HIGHLY TRANSLUCENT BLUE INANGA JADE (WITH RAREST GOLDEN BLOOM) IN THIS EXQUISITE SMALL BOUND GREENSTONE POUNAMU MAORI PENDANT from the South Island of New Zealand - 100% ONE OF KIND DESIGNED, CARVED, BOUND WITH SINGLE KNOT LASHING and PERFECTLY FINISHED BY MASTER CARVER RIC MOOR, suspended on a natural adjustable waxed cord with hand made jade accent beads. It measures 2.8" by 6/8". The carvings I offer are priced incredibly reasonably for genuine artist carved NZ POUNAMU which will soon become impossible to obtain. I am a fair trade seller and pay the carvers what they deserve. All my pendants are blessed in the Maori tradition. All my photos are taken outside in natural light - no digital enhancement - no photoshopping - what you see is what you get. Pounamu is found only in the South Island. Because of this, the island was originally named Te Wāhi Pounamu (the place of pounamu), but over time this name changed to Te Wai Pounamu (the greenstone waters). No other jade should be classified as pounamu as it is a Maori name for the stone. Pounamu comes in ten main types: Arahura - a dark velvet green Inanga - pale blue or green - can be opaque or translucent Totoweka - a rare type - streaked or spotted with red Kahotea - dark green with darker inclusions Kawakawa - rich leaf green sometimes with dark freckling Kohuwai - a misty grey blue with vivid bright green - like moss in a stream. Kokopu - sometimes called troutstone - silver or golden green with brown freckling Kahurangi - emerald clear green sometimes with white feathering - highly prized Raukaraka - called Flower Jade - varied greens with gold/orange blooms Tangiwai - bowenite - found only in certain areas of Aotearoa NZ - dark blue/green - exceptional translucence. You are welcome at my auctions - please read my 100% feedback and know you are buying ONE OF A KIND CARVINGS BY NATIVE NEW ZEALAND ARTISTS exactly as described and pictured. DON'T SETTLE FOR VERY INFERIOR TOURIST MASS PRODUCED SOUVENIRS - many of the low priced so called "Maori" jade carvings you see on eBay at the moment are not carved in New Zealand and not New Zealand jade. New Zealand gold Māori valued pounamu in the same way Europeans valued gold. Around the 1870s, Te Otatu from Coromandel remarked: ‘Let the gold be worked by the white men. It was not a thing known to our ancestors. My only treasure is the pounamu.’ (Kati ano taku taonga nui i te pounamu.) 1 The main deposits used by Māori are in the districts around the Taramakau and Arahura rivers in Westland, coastal south Westland and the Lake Wakatipu area in Otago. In addition, there is a significant field of bowenite in Milford Sound (Piopiotahi). Traditionally, the pounamu in the Arahura River has been most important for Poutini Ngāi Tahu (Ngāi Tahu people on the West Coast), with the junction of this river and Waitaiki (Olderog) Stream being particularly important. COMBINED LOW COST SHIPPING WORLDWIDE I will airmail ship as many items as you want for one flat fee of $10.00 Please note this is regular airmail shipping - no insurance or tracking - takes 7 - 14 days to reach you - please ask if you would like your purchase shipped differently - it costs extra. supremeauctiononlinesoftware.widgets.GalleryBasicFree.swf read more

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