Kowhaiwhai Jewellery Set 2 taonga The hook symbolises a life

The hook symbolises a life filled with true prosperity and abundance—not in wealth or money

It can also represent an individual

The double and triple twist forms represent the relationship between different peoples

Whilst Toki can be translated as Adze

Kowhaiwhai Jewellery Set 2 taonga The hook symbolises a lifeThis beautiful Kowhaiwhai Jewellery Set are surgical steel coated in gold, silver or rose gold, ensuring that they do not tarnish easily and last a very long time. Usually found on the thu (ridge pole) and or heke (rafters) in a wharenui (meeting house). Very often they are used to represent the branches of whakapapa (genealogy), recording the lineage of whanau (family). The can differ slightly from tribe to tribe. This set as with many of the Amy P