AlienTIKI Traditional, Midcentury Polypop and a couple marqs - Tiki Carving

P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Fri, Dec 15, 2006 1:59 PM On 2006-04-23 12:50, AlienTiki wrote: Sacred jade, ah yes the jade was and is sacred to many cultures. Some people believe jade was even traded between preColumbian Americans and Chinese and maybe even the Polynesians. I know the jade we are talking about comes from New Zealand. When I was a kid I found a piece of jade while walking on the shore at the beach. It's quite abundant on some beaches even today. Bumping this thread so everyone can see your old stuff, and also because this is a favourite subject of mine. When I was in Rarotonga I met a couple of artists who were involved with the voyaging canoe society, who told me all about the old trade/migration routes between the various Polynesian islands. Jade adzes from NZ have turned up all over the place. I have one I bought on ebay from a guy in Hawaii that was IDed by Terence Barrow when he was working at the Bishop Museum - it was dug up at an old village site in Hawaii, and it is very ancient. Going on what I know about jade, I would guess it had been in the ground for many hundreds of years. I think it's pretty cool it made it back to where it came from, and although aesthetically it's one of the worst in my collection (it was broken in 2 when excavated), its history means it is one of my most prized possessions. If it could only speak..... By the way - what beach did you find your jade on? Was it in NZ?

On 2006-04-23 12:50, AlienTiki wrote:
Sacred jade, ah yes the jade was and is sacred to many cultures.

Some people believe jade was even traded between preColumbian Americans and Chinese and maybe even the Polynesians. I know the jade we are talking about comes from New Zealand. When I was a kid I found a piece of jade while walking on the shore at the beach. It's quite abundant on some beaches even today.

Bumping this thread so everyone can see your old stuff, and also because this is a favourite subject of mine.
When I was in Rarotonga I met a couple of artists who were involved with the voyaging canoe society, who told me all about the old trade/migration routes between the various Polynesian islands. Jade adzes from NZ have turned up all over the place. I have one I bought on ebay from a guy in Hawaii that was IDed by Terence Barrow when he was working at the Bishop Museum - it was dug up at an old village site in Hawaii, and it is very ancient. Going on what I know about jade, I would guess it had been in the ground for many hundreds of years. I think it's pretty cool it made it back to where it came from, and although aesthetically it's one of the worst in my collection (it was broken in 2 when excavated), its history means it is one of my most prized possessions. If it could only speak.....

By the way - what beach did you find your jade on? Was it in NZ?

Post #272781 by Paipo on Fri, Dec 15, 2006 1:59 PM