Samoan Toki
Blending cultures is an awesome thing. It can be difficult to honor and respect the two sides of who you are or where you come from and where you are now. This is one way it can be done.
The five spear heads down the middle traditionally symbolise strength, prosperity, and providing for family. In this case they also represent 5 close family members.
Sharks teeth a common and meaningful symbol in Samoa. The represent power, guidance, and protection.
The end of this toki has a double koru, this represent the bringing together of two cultures for the new owner.
It is always good to remember what this piece of pounamu once was. Only recently in its life journey has it been shaped into a taonga for a specific use. For a very long time it lay in the earth as a part of a larger boulder.
