A gorgeous Breastplate handcrafted from a beautiful piece of Marsden Flower Pounamu. The soft colours are amazing and with the wonderful double Koru design, this will be a treasured gift that will carry on through the generations.
Breastplate's
signified strength and protection in battle. Today they still hold this symbolism but more as a representation.
Koru- The Māori word for bright or loop. It refers to the shoots of the silver fern. The circular movement to the inner core refers to "going back to the beginnings". The unfurling frond itself is symbolic for new life, new beginnings, hope, personal growth, purity nurturing, a new phase in life, the spirit of rejuvenation and peace.
Marsden Flower
Pounamu from the Marsden, West Coast area. The centre of this stone is a highly translucent, light-ish green shade, free from dark spots and other flaws. One of the rarest varieties, held in high esteem by the Māori. The most prized Greenstone in New Zealand is Flower Jade, Greenstone with pale green or ochre clouds of colour. This distinctive patterning and colouring come from the outside rim or 'rind' of the greenstone boulders or stones where the surface has oxidised.
Hand Carved by Sheree Warren
Size 23mm Long x 47mm Wide
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