๐ Blue Green Red Purple Yellow ...Twisting it in the light itโs fun to move around and wonder at all the different colorsโฆ Coastal native communities have long held ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐น high in culture, cuisine, jewelry, regalia, and ๐๐บ๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐.
๐ This shell as a smudging bowl represents the ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ element in smudging rituals as it catches the hot embers from Sage or the holy wood of Palo Santo. The herbs or wood are the ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต element, while the smoke the ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ, and lastly the feather the ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ, all of which helps to cleanse and purify your space. Sound Good?
๐ Abalone shell is found in many places around the world and is also known as Paua in New Zealand, where during our backpacking adventures we found it abundantly in rock pools off the coast of the Tasman Sea where it likes the cool waters..
โจ Abalone (now farmed like oysters) are sea creatures with a shell one one side and suck to rocks, which is why itโs got a natural bowl shape. The iridescent sea-like colors are from microscopic platelets or layers of a substance called Nacre which reflects light and used in jewelry for its mother-of-pearl.
