FREE PRIORITY INSURED SHIPPING. Brand New, Never Used Original Hawaiian-Designed Master Carved Rare Natural Olmec Blue Jadeite Pendant. 100% One-Off (Unique) Master Hand-Carved Sierra de las Minas, Eastern Guatemala Natural (Untreated, Not Enhanced) Olmec Blue Jadeite With Hand-Cut Surface Textured Accents and Professionally Hand-Braided Necklace...
FREE PRIORITY INSURED SHIPPING. Brand New, Never Used Original Hawaiian-Designed Master Carved Rare Natural Olmec Blue Jadeite Pendant. 100% One-Off (Unique) Master Hand-Carved Sierra de las Minas, Eastern Guatemala Natural (Untreated, Not Enhanced) Olmec Blue Jadeite With Hand-Cut Surface Textured Accents and Professionally Hand-Braided Necklace Cord.
- Symbolism: To fully appreciate the symbolic meanings of fish, you must first consider their watery domain. Water holds ancient symbolic meanings dealing with the subconscious and depth of knowledge. Water contains all the mysteriousness of the unknown. Water holds endless mystery to us, it represents that which is certainly there, but cannot be seen. Water has also been known to be a womb symbol and as such, an emblem of birth, fertility and woman-ness. Given the wonder that its domain holds, the fish too has similar symbolic meaning. There are numerous species of fish, but the creature in general holds some prime symbolic meanings including: fertility, eternity, creativity, femininity, good luck, happiness, knowledge, and transformation.
- Carver: Dennis DeLuze is a gifted Master Kahuna Kalai (Carving Expert) in Jade, Whale Bone and Whale Ivory Carvings, Sculpture, and Gemstone Cutter. Dennis currently resides on O`ahu, Hawai`i. He was well known for once carving jade and ivory for the original Ming’s of Honolulu during the 1960s-1990s, where he honed his skills during those many years. Currently, he is again carving jade pieces and providing his technical expertise for the newly resumed Ming's of Hawaii, operated by the original Mings grandson. Currently, Dennis is using Mammoth, Mastodon, and other ivory materials, as well as the very tough and dense Olmec Blue and Black jades from Guatemala. Whether taking 4-5 hours to create a bone or ivory Makau Fish Hook or 8-9 hours taken just to drill the bail hole for a large Black Jade piece, each hand-carved work-of-art is painstakingly and patiently persevered until completion. As a Master Carver, Dennis has even applied for patents on his unique designs. All of his creations are uniquely Hawaiian, some with a sense of humor from his “Dead Fish” design, to others being highly desired including all of his Makau Fish Hook shapes, Poi Pounders and his patented Palaoa design. With each hand-carved piece, he creates simply amazing works-of-art. Each and every piece is 100% unique in its own right; it is not mass-produced, and there is no close duplication whatsoever. His works reflect the passion and love he has as a well-renowned local Hawaiian Master Carver. Aside from being a humble man and great human being, he is a teacher who provides the background information on each and every design. His unyielding passion for carving is mesmerizing to viewers, both alluring and surreal. I hope you will enjoy one or more of his mini-masterpieces created with mana (divine power) and the inherent traits of his skills and training. I love all the special symbolism to the pieces he hand carves and designs. This Jadeite Carving was beautifully hand-carved by Dennis on O`ahu; I am proud to offer and bring his pieces to your home. All Original Designs Copyrighted by Dennis DeLuze. Palaoa designs are Patented.
- Design: Hawaiian Dead Fish; Cutout, Openwork, 100% Hand-Carved Design, Unique One-Off Original, Master Carved, Rare Guatemalan Olmec Blue Jadeite, Unisex, Rounded Curved-Dome Surface Shape, Angled Sides, Intricate Carved Detailing, Textured Patterning, Tapered Vertical Shape, Dual-Sided Reversible Design, 100% Master Professionally Hand-Woven Non-Adjustable Necklace Cord, Traditional Hand-Lashing, Smooth Surface Polished Finish, Olmec Blue Jadeite Toggle Closure.
- Color/s: Natural Olmec Blue (Slate Greenish-Blue).
- Measures: Approx. Just Under 3/4" Widest X 2 1/16" Long X Just Over 3/16" Thickest.
- Size: Necklace is Approx. 19.0" Long, Non-Adjustable.
- Weight: Approx. 7.9 grams Total.
- Features: This Detailed Master Hand-Carved, Hawaiian-Design Jadeite Pendant is Crafted With a Smooth, Surface Polished Background. This Very Labor-Intensive, Original One-Off (Unique) Hand-Carved Creation of Art Features the Kino make I`a `o Mama`o me Uli Pounamu (Hawai`ian Dead Fish Replica Pendant Made From Greenish Blue Jadeite) Pattern. The Carving is Unique to Each Piece of Hand-Selected (Unshaped) Material Used. This Polynesian Creation is Entirely Hand-Shaped, Hand-Cut, and Hand-Carved Into a Hawaiian Design Using a Single Piece of Rare, Guatemalan Natural Olmec Blue Jadeite. The Entire Design is Carved to Replicate a Whimsical Dead Fish. The Fish Displays a Tapered Body, Detailed With a Head, Eye, Bones, and Tail. The Carving is Then Hand-Polished to a Smooth Surface Finish Which Provides Nice Glossy Reflections. Additionally, Carving Details Are Beautifully Reflected in the Fish's Textured Head, Raised Spine Centerline and Tail Portions. The Pendant is Securely Affixed and Mounted Onto a Hand-plaited Polynesian-Style, Khaki-Tan Colored Kaula (rope, cordage, string) Using a Strong, Long-Lasting Waxed Nylon Yarn Cord. The Non-Adjustable Necklace's Closure is Created With a Single, Barrel-Shaped Olmec Blue Jadeite Bead Stopper. About Guatemalan Jadeite: Guatemalan jade is jadeite. The Jadeite is formed by enormous pressures at low temperatures; Guatemala sits over the subduction zone of the Cocos plate, with the North American plate grinding along the Caribbean plate at the Motagua fault. Nephrite does not exist in Mesoamerica or Central America. On the Mohs scale of hardness, most Guatemalan jades reach a hardness of 7.0, with the Olmec Blue and Black jade varieties slightly exceeding just over 7.0. Until recently, serious gem and jewelry collectors and buyers looked to Asia for the purchase of fine jadeite. The southern area of Sierra de la Minas (Mountain Range of the Mines) is known for its rich deposits of jadeite, marble, serpentine, and other minerals. Smaller deposits of jadeite have been rediscovered sporadically in the last 50 years, until recently, when a major source was identified. It was not until the 180 mph winds of hurricane Mitch stormed the region in 1998 that jadeite was again uncovered in substantial quantities throughout the area. Traditionally thought of as a Chinese product, but principally from Myanmar (formerly Burma), jadeite has been cut and shipped from Hong Kong to the west for decades. Today, jade enthusiasts are finding jadeite is being mined and cut closer to home. Fine jadeite material in natural colors ranging from a bright, intense green to soft lilac, blue, pink, white, yellow, and black is available from Guatemala. Although jadeite occurs in several locales around the world, Guatemala has been the least-known as a producer of this material. Known sources of jadeite world-wide are relatively limited. Jade use in Mesoamerica was largely influenced by the conceptualization of the material as a rare and valued commodity among pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, such as the Olmec, the Maya, and the various groups in the Valley of Mexico. The only source from which the indigenous cultures could obtain jade was located in the Motagua River valley in Guatemala. Jade was largely an elite good that was highly symbolic and used in the performance of ideological rituals. It was often worked or carved in a variety of ways, either as ornamental stones, a medium upon which hieroglyphs were inscribed, or shaped into figurines, symbolic weapons, and other objects. The archaeological search for the Mesoamerican jade sources, which were largely lost at the time of the Maya collapse, began in 1799 when Alexander von Humboldt started his geological research in the New World. To date, the only documented source of jadeite in Mesoamerica is in the lowland Motagua River valley. Research conducted by Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in the 1970s identified several ancient mines and alluvial sources in the mountainous areas flanking the river valley (up to an elevation of 6,000 feet). Several of the mines are connected by ancient dry-laid stone paths. From the Motagua River valley, jade was traded throughout Mesoamerica, reaching areas as distant as the Valley of Mexico and Costa Rica. About Guatemalan Olmec Blue Jadeite: Jadeite from the Motagua Valley, Guatemala, was used by the Olmec and Maya peoples, as well as the indigenous peoples of Costa Rica. Typically, the most highly valued colors of jadeite are the most intensely green, translucent varieties, though traditionally white has been considered the most valuable of the jades by the Chinese, known for their carefully crafted jade pieces. Other colors, like "Olmec blue" jade, which is characterized by its deep blue-green, translucent hue with white flecking, are also becoming more highly valued because of its unique beauty and historical use by the Mesoamerican Olmec; however, this variety was only recently rediscovered and is only being minimally exploited by native Guatemalans. It is thus difficult to obtain and as yet too rare and little known. If history does indeed repeat itself, then you may consider stocking up on this one-time "stone of royalty" to the Aztecs. To them, it was worth more than gold. The “Olmec Blue” jade owes its unique color to the presence of iron and titanium, while the more typical green jade’s color is due to the varying presence of sodium, aluminum, iron, and chromium. Translucence can vary as well, with specimens ranging form nearly clear to completely opaque. The aesthetic and religious significance of the various colors remains a source of controversy and speculation. The bright green varieties may have been identified with the young Maize God, but the Olmec fascination with the unique blue jade of Guatemala, and its role in their rituals involving water sources remains a mystery. No heat treatments or other enhancements are used in the Guatemalan jadeite, opposed to the majority of Myanmar types, that use them to enhance the color and quality. For jade being mined in Guatemala, it comes as no surprise to researching geologists and archaeologists who have long believed that all the native Central American ancient cultures of the Olmec, Toltec, Mixtec, Zapotec, Aztec, and Maya got their jadeite from Guatemala. Purchase Assurance of Quality: This Original One-Off Design Was Intricately Hand-Cut and Hand-Carved, With High Attention-to-Detail, Using Natural (Untreated) Guatemalan Olmec Blue Jadeite Material. As Every Created Work-of-Art Piece is Unique, Each is a One-of-a-Kind Design, Hand-Carved by Individual Master Carver, Dennis DeLuze, That You Will Cherish For Your Very Own. Makes a Great Gift or Treat Yourself to Start or Add to Your Collection of Fine Traditional Replicated Hawaiian Jewelry. Hand-Carved with "aloha." Item's Picture/s Enlarged to Show the Fine Details.Certain High-Value Items Will Have Required Shipping Insurance to Protect Your Order’s Cost Value Against Shipping That is Lost, Stolen or Damaged by Others and Will Already Be Included in the FLAT Rate Shipping Cost. Please Understand We Should Not Be Held Responsible For Delivery Time Once Your Order Has Shipped as We Are Not the Individuals Delivering Your Package. USPS Express Delivery (2-Days Guaranteed) From Hawai`i for All U.S. Addresses. Please Feel Free to Contact Us With Any Questions. Live Aloha!
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