Dark Streaky Pounamu Toki

Dark Streaky Pounamu Toki

I think Toki or Adze/Axe/Chisel shapes would have been the first forms carved in all stone based cultures around the world.  Large ones would have been used for cutting down trees and shaping canoes and finer ones for wood carving with a lot of different sizes and shapes in between for a multitude of different jobs.

To some a toki represents a crafts person or maker, to others strength and determination.