Maori Mere pounamu

VANDOO · 14th July 2014, 03:26 PM

THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES OF JADE COMING OUT OF NEW ZEALAND YOU CAN SEE EXAMPLES OF THE TYPES ON EBAY AND ONE SELLER USED TO LIST ALL THE TYPES AND THEIR DESCRIPTIONS. I AM NOT SURE WHAT TO CALL THE JADE USED ON YOUR MERE BUT THERE ARE SOME LIGHT COLORED JADES LIKE IT. MOST OLD MERE AND HEI TIKI ARE OF A DARKER GREEN JADE AND ARE SMOOTH AND POLISHED. THEY WERE MOST CHERISHED AND HANDLED A LOT AND FEEL VERY GOOD AND SMOOTH WITH VERY FEW MARKS FROM THEIR CONSTRUCTION TO BE SEEN OR FELT. THEY ARE WELL FORMED BUT MAY HAVE SOME VARIATIONS IN THICKNESS AND FLATNESS IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
I WOULD GO WITH THE APPROXIMATE AGE GIVEN ON YOUR EXAMPLE DUE TO THE TYPE OF JADE USED AND THE NUMBER OF LINES CARVED ON THE HANDLE.
A PICTURE OF A OLD HEI TIKI MADE OF THE SORT OF JADE USED ON MY OLD EXAMPLE MERE AND ON MOST OLDER MERE. THE JADE IS DARK GREEN WITH LIGHTER PATTERN WITHIN.

14th July 2014, 03:26 PM	#14
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES OF JADE COMING OUT OF NEW ZEALAND YOU CAN SEE EXAMPLES OF THE TYPES ON EBAY AND ONE SELLER USED TO LIST ALL THE TYPES AND THEIR DESCRIPTIONS. I AM NOT SURE WHAT TO CALL THE JADE USED ON YOUR MERE BUT THERE ARE SOME LIGHT COLORED JADES LIKE IT. MOST OLD MERE AND HEI TIKI ARE OF A DARKER GREEN JADE AND ARE SMOOTH AND POLISHED. THEY WERE MOST CHERISHED AND HANDLED A LOT AND FEEL VERY GOOD AND SMOOTH WITH VERY FEW MARKS FROM THEIR CONSTRUCTION TO BE SEEN OR FELT. THEY ARE WELL FORMED BUT MAY HAVE SOME VARIATIONS IN THICKNESS AND FLATNESS IN DIFFERENT AREAS. I WOULD GO WITH THE APPROXIMATE AGE GIVEN ON YOUR EXAMPLE DUE TO THE TYPE OF JADE USED AND THE NUMBER OF LINES CARVED ON THE HANDLE. A PICTURE OF A OLD HEI TIKI MADE OF THE SORT OF JADE USED ON MY OLD EXAMPLE MERE AND ON MOST OLDER MERE. THE JADE IS DARK GREEN WITH LIGHTER PATTERN WITHIN. Attached Images Last edited by VANDOO; 14th July 2014 at 03:52 PM.