Toki - Pounamu Color:Black Cord This Bone Niho has a

This Bone Niho has a wheku carved into the taonga

The Wheku is then a representation of the person who the wharenui is named after

It is a beautiful piece that is lashed with black waxed cord

This Toki design has two toned wood framing a wave of paua filled resin

Toki - Pounamu Color:Black Cord This Bone Niho has aThis stunning Pounamu Toki is carved from Raukaraka, which is also known as Marsden Flower Jade, lashed with black waxed cord. Toki are a type of adze and were traditionally made for whakairo or the carving of wood. It is considered a sign of strength and power as the Toki would be used to fell or cut down large trees and hollow out the boughs to create waka and other large wood carvings. Often related to those high in status, mana and authority.