Toki & Matau | kiwistone

'Toki' is the Maori term for 'adze' or 'chisel'. Maori didn't have steel until the arrival of the Europeans and so they used stone tools. They shaped many items in jade and one of the most valuable was the toki because it was able to be sharpened to a fine edge and would hold this edge for some time before needing 'sharpening'. Toki were also made in other stones but these didn't have to same hard, steel-like properties of nephrite 'pounamu'. The toki came in a range of sizes and had many applications from wood carving to gardening. Over time their design became a popular form of adornment.

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TOKI

MATAU

'Matau' is the Maori word for 'hook' and without the benefit of steel Maori made their fish-hooks from stone, shell and wood. Over time the fish-hooks became more decorative than utilitarian and with this came modifications in design and form. Nowadays 'matau' can be rather more conceptual than practical!

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Inanga Toki Large 7.5cm toki in inanga jade. $140	Marsden Toki 6.5cm toki. Sold.	Toki Large 8cm toki- kawakawa jade. $140
Toki Large 10cm toki. Tongarawera jade. NFS.	Toki Large jade toki. $160	Inanga Toki 8cm toki- inanga jade. $140
Toki Southwestland jade toki. $140	Large Drop Pendant Kokopu jade drop pendant. Sorry, SOLD	Jade Toki 5cm toki, kawakawa jade. Sold.
Toki Jade toki. $160	Jade Toki 6cm hei toki- kahotea pounamu. Sorry- SOLD.	Large Toki 6cm hei toki- totoweka pounamu.

Hei Matau- Fish-Hook Pendant Southwestland hei matau. $100	Hei Matau- Fish-Hook Pendant Nephrite hei matau. Sorry, SOLD.	Hei Matau Sorry, NFS.
Hei Matau Sorry, SOLD.	Hei Matau- Fish-Hook Pendant Sorry, SOLD.	Hei Matau- Fish-Hook Pendant Sorry, SOLD.
Hei Matau- Fish-Hook Pendant Australian black jade, paua, argilite. NFS	Hei Matau- Fish-Hook Pendant Marsden hei toki. $160	Matau Sculpture Serpentine matau sculpture. Sorry, SOLD.