This Mauri Ora pendant is hand carved from Marsden Flower Pounamu, showing rich green tones with warm golden variation and bright Putiputi (Flower) through the stone. The flowing, serpent-like form gives a sense of movement and harmony, enhanced by a fine polish that brings out the depth and character of the Greenstone.
Mauri
refers to the life force or the essence of life that binds together the body and spirit of a being or a thing.
Mauri flows through all things, land, trees, birds, rivers, mountains, space and time, through to people – individually and collectively. Mauri is present in the relationships between living and natural things. The way mauri is expressed can impact on other people, and likewise their mauri can impact on you.
Ora
means to be alive, well and safe. When our ora is protected and safe, our mauri will flourish.
Mauri ora means that our life essence and our wairua flourishes with potential, ideas, and connections. Well-being for Māori is connected to two important aspects – mauri ora, and a secure connection to cultural heritage and cultural identity. A secure cultural identity increases our ability to cope with challenges in life, and to find the resources within ourselves, our whānau, and our community. Within a Māori worldview, we can strengthen our well-being through making our cultural beliefs part of our everyday practice.
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.
Carved by Andy Ruskin
Size 58mm long x 38mm wide x 6mm thick
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