hei tiki Nephrite (probably kawakawa variety) height 4 7/8in (12.3cm) Provenance John Hewett Bogg Farm, United Kingdom American Private Collection Clearly unfinished with only the right eye complete, the left eye, mouth and suspension hole only started, the pendant takes the form of the adze which it is being carved from, with a slightly trapezoidal, adze-form shape and sharp blade edge on the top; beautiful, marbled dark-green nephrite.
hei tiki Nephrite (probably kawakawa variety) height 4 7/8in (12.3cm) Provenance John Hewett Bogg Farm, United Kingdom American Private Collection Clearly unfinished with only the right eye complete, the left eye, mouth and suspension hole only started, the pendant takes the form of the adze which it is being carved from, with a slightly trapezoidal, adze-form shape and sharp blade edge on the top; beautiful, marbled dark-green nephrite.
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