Kokopu Cross-bound Toki Pendant

The Toki is 76mm in length and 26mm at its widest. It is carved from pounamu we have collected from the Marsden Valley in the Paroa A rea just outside of Greymouth, on the West Coast of the South Island in New Zealand.

The Toki has a very strong, waxed nylon cord so the pendant can be worn ALL the time - even in any kind of water. It is four strands that have been hand platted into a special, round, 4-plait. The cord is adjustable by pinching the special knots between your thumb and finger and pulling.

This Toki also has the traditional cross-hatch binding around the top, which was one of the bindings used by the Maori to attach the Toki/adze blades to the wooden or bone handles to use as tools and weapons.

Pendant Meaning : The Toki is the adze blade, the tool. It gives the wearer strength and courage to face, get through, do and achieve anything in their life.