Marsden Flower Toki Roimata Set
This set is to mark a 50th, to connect two people, and connect to what is important to them.
Nature, the outdoors, and adventures are a part of this couples life and the wave is a symbol of this that connects. The colors in this pounamu make me think of the ocean as well as swirling wind and weather patterns too.
The modern Hei Toki, often worn around the neck as a pendant, represents foremost strength, authority, and leadership. It is can also a symbol of power, courage, wisdom, determination, self-control, and focus. See more on this page about the meaning.
Wearing a Kuru, Roimata, or Tear Drop shaped pounamu pendant is about comfort and caring for people. It represents shared emotions, empathy, confidence, solidarity, reassurance.
It is a symbol that connects with emotions and the heart. See more on this page about the meaning.
Knowing the whakapapa of pounamu taonga adds to its value. This piece is from Marsden and is where it gets its name from Marsden Flower Jade. The golden ‘flower’ in the pounamu is from a natural process of oxidization and it often found in good quality carving pounamu in the Marsden area. These images show the first step of carving and where they lay side by side for so long before being crafted into the taonga they now are.
