Flower Jade Mere Pounamu
$6,000.00
This Flower Jade Mere Pounamu is a beautiful sacred piece of art fashioned on Mere or Patu of the Southern Moriori. Mere Pounamu in pre-European times were held by Chief or Chieftess or an individual who had high status. Unlike a Patu/club a Mere was not traditionally used on the battlefield it was more as a finishing weapon delivering the final blow and was handed down inter generational. Flower Jade is found on the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand.
Description
Flower Jade or Picture Jade is probably one of the most beautiful in the New Zealand Jade family. It is so named because of the wonderful effects produced by the oxidization process of the nephrite, add to this the complete felting of the jade fibers to give a very clear and translucent material, the final result a raging ocean, mountainous terrain, deep forest or a bonsai garden are some of the terms people have given to describe Flower Jade. In a pre-European era a Mere of this caliber would most likely be owned by an individual or family of high status, perhaps a Chief or Chieftess , decorated warrior or maybe a Tohunga (spiritual adviser). This particular shape has been modeled around a Southern Moriori style. Moriori ancestry and tikanga (culture, custom, ethic, etiquette, fashion, formality, lore, manner, meaning, protocol, style and customary law) has fascinated Leon the carver since childhood. This Flower Jade Mere is today’s Toanga (treasure) and tomorrow’s artifact.
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