NOTES: The Leaf in the Item's Picture is the Leaf You Will Will Receive. The Necklace in the Item's Picture is Used for Display Purposes Only and is Not Included. Brand New, Never Used Copper Dipped Hawaiian Leaf Pendant. 100% Iridescent Pure Copper Electroplated Natural Maile Leaf. Design: Hawaiian Maile...
NOTES: The Leaf in the Item's Picture is the Leaf You Will Will Receive. The Necklace in the Item's Picture is Used for Display Purposes Only and is Not Included. Brand New, Never Used Copper Dipped Hawaiian Leaf Pendant. 100% Iridescent Pure Copper Electroplated Natural Maile Leaf. Design: Hawaiian Maile Leaf (Medium) #1; Cutout, Unisex Design, Natural Leaf, Vertical Shape, High Polish Finish; Measures: Approx. 23mm Widest (Just Over 7/8" Widest) X 2 3/4" Long incl. Bail, 5.5mm Wide X 7mm Long Bail Opening; Weight: Approx. 5.7 grams Total. Features: In Hawaiian, the Words “`Oia`i`o” Means “Authentic”, “Kupono” Means "Natural", “Malamalama” Means “Radiant”, "`Olili" Means "Shimmering", "Nani e makahehi 'ia ai" Means "Alluring", and "Punono" Means "Gorgeous", All of Which Describe This Design Exactly! This Beautiful Hand-made Electroplated Pendant is Created With a Smooth, High Polish Copper Finish Background. This Labor-Intensive, Hand-Crafted Unique Work of Natural Art Begins With a Hand-Picked, Fresh-Cut Maile Leaf From the Island of Hawai`i (The Big Island). Each Leaf is Individually Hand-Selected For Quality and Shape Before Starting a Very Delicate Chemical Treatment Process to Preserve its Natural Beauty and Appearance. The Leaf is Manually Prepared Through a Process of Several Steps Beginning With Cleaning the Leaf. Next, it is Coated With a Special Varnish to Stiffen the Leaf and Make it Easier to Work; the Varnish Also Preserves and Seals in the Leaf's Natural Beauty. A Bail is Then Attached to the Top to Enhance the Detailing. To Produce This Copper Leaf Design, the Entire Leaf's Surface on Both Sides Are Hand-Painted With a Special Copper-Based Metal Paint That Conducts Electricity. Once the Natural Surface is Coated With the Copper Metal and Dried, it is Prepared for the Final Electroforming Stage. The Last Step is Electroplate and Hand-Dip the Leaf Several Times With Liquefied Pure Iridescent Copper to Accentuate the Overall Appearance. The Result is a Natural Maile Leaf That Has Been Preserved in Pure Copper That Will Literally Last Forever and Require Very Little Maintenance. A Gorgeous, Natural Piece of Wearable Art, Which Will Not Tarnish and is Made Durable Through the Preservation Process to Last Through Normal Handling and Wear. A Wonderful Keepsake and Heirloom Treasure! Jewelry Handling: It is Not Recommended to Use Harsh Cleaners, Detergents, Soaps, Shampoos, Jewelry Cloths or Jewelry Liquids, Chemicals, Chlorine, Body or Tanning Lotions, Ultrasonic Cleaners, Tarnish Creams, Showering, Swimming in Pools or Hot Tubs or the Ocean With Electroplated Jewelry. About Hawaiian Maile: Maile is the twining vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, native to Hawai`i. This endemic Hawaiian plant, with its glossy-shine, deep-green color and highly fragrant leaves, is listed as a member of the Apocynacea family and features plants like periwinkle, oleander and plumeria. While maile appears vine-like, the majority of its 'relatives' are shrubs or trees. The name comes from Alyxia for chain and oliviformis meaning resembling olive. Coincidentally enough, a thick lei maile does look like a chain of olive leaves, but the name stems from the fact that the fruit resembles olives. As with other members of the Apocynacea family, a milky, slightly sticky sap is associated with the plant, specifically to the fruit, which are initially green and then turn a deep purple or even black. A large football shaped seed can be found within the fruit's pulp. Seeds sprout readily within two to four weeks, starting with a white root and followed by a long, thin shoot. When it reaches two inches high, the first tiny leaves appear. Growth can be initially slow, but accelerates after a couple of months and can even reach up to three feet high within six months. It grows on all islands except Ni`ihau and Kaho`olawe. Maile Uses in Modern Hawai`i: Eia la he`ala, he`ala anuanu, he ala hu`ihu`i, eia la i ka houpo (Here is a fragrance, a cool fragrance, a chilling fragrance that goes to my heart). In Hawai`i, maile leaves are used for decorations and leis, and are especially reserved for important and memorable occasions. Hawaiians have a long tradition of assembling the fragrant maile into lei. The placing of a lei over the head and around the shoulders of a person exemplifies the bestowing of honor and respect to the wearer, and also the spirit of aloha. It is an open-ended, horseshoe-fashion lei made of the spicy-scented green maile stems and leaves. It is known to many as the "Lei of Royalty". To have a lei maile is to be wearing a symbol that tells other people that it's your special day. Lei are fashioned in the Hīpu`u style (tied bundled knots), where leafy vines are loosely arranged on one plane, with each vine length tied in. In a weaving lei maile, the leaves and bark of young vines are first stripped from the central wood of the twig, and then several of the supple plaits are twisted together as lei `a'i (neck lei) or lei po`o (head lei). Lei maile hangs down to the belt line or below and is typically worn by males for weddings, graduation ceremonies, proms, and special family events. Wedding lei maile are a Hawaiian wedding tradition. Maile is also commonly used to drape over a doorway at formal grand opening ceremonies for a new business to bring good luck. In place of cutting the ribbon, there is the untying of the maile. Maile is long lasting and may be dried. The maile lei can also be used for other purposes. Some people dry the lei and use it to scent their drawers and closets. Today, Hawaiians favoring the flower lei, Malihini (Visitors) often misperceive a maile lei as just a "bunch of leaves". For Hawaiians, the Lei Maile has no other equal; to be given a Maile lei is a great honor and a true sign of respect. The maile is a long lasting lei and probably the oldest and most popular material used by the early Hawaiians. Maile of Ancient Hawai`i, Myths, Legends, Chants: To the Ancient Hawaiians, and even today, maile are believed to be sisters with human and plant forms. The highly fragrant leaves were thought to possess supernatural powers and were directly associated with the gods and goddesses of Hawai`i. They were considered minor goddesses of the Hula. Laka, the goddess of the Hula, was invoked as goddess of the maile, which was one of five standard plants offered at her altar during hula dance practices and ceremonies. Different Halau (hula schools) place more items on their Kuahu (altar) than others, but the five plants they all seem to agree upon are halapepe, 'ie'ie, maile, 'ohi'a and palapalai, for the different gods and goddesses who are patrons of the dance. Maile was also considered a peace offering in the field of battle and as a symbol of courtship and love. Its leaves were believed to protect the wearer, bestow good luck, and even possess healing powers. Among other sacred uses, it was used to signify a peace agreement between opposing chiefs. In a Heiau (temple), the chiefs would symbolically intertwine the Maile vine, and completion officially established peace between the two groups. According to Hawaiian tradition, maile was the lei for people of all classes and was worn by ke Ali'i (Royalty) and the Maka`âinana (Commoners) alike. The maile is the most traditional wedding lei, as it was used by Kahuna (Hawaiian priests) in old Hawaii, and even today, to bind the hands of the bride and groom, symbolizing their commitment to each other. It was used to scent kapa cloth, or lau hala (weaved grass) sleeping mats. Ancient Hawaiians soaked their tapa or kapa (bark) cloth and clothes in large wooden bowls to take advantage of the sweet fragrance. Kapa is Hawaiian cloth made from the bark of the wauke tree (paper mulberry). Maile was used to scent kapa, either with leaves, or with the tiny flowers, which carry a faint vanilla scent in small clusters. The plant also was part of a medicinal treatment exclusively for chiefs. It was used in a puholoholo (steam bath) to sweat out an illness called kilikilioe. Maile is often mentioned in chants. When hula dancers, adorned with maile anklets, wished to lift a tabu (taboo), they would chant the Kapu-lifting Prayer: "Oh wildwood bouquet, oh Laka! Hers are the growths that stand here. Suppliants we to Laka. The prayer to Laka has power; The maile of Laka stands to the fore. The maile vine casts now its seeds. Freedom, there's freedom to me, Kahaula--A freedom twofold. Freedom, aye freedom! A tabu profound, a freedom complete. Ye gods are still tabu; We mortals are free." Maile is also mentioned in the Kumulipo (the Hawaiian Chant of Creation) under the 3rd Wa (Section), Verse 413: "Born the male for the narrow stream, the female for the broad stream. Born the Honu living in the sea. Guarded by the Maile Kuhonua (seedling) living on land." Purchase Assurance of Quality: As Each of These Pendant's are Hand-Processed and Dipped in Precious Metals Using Natural Leaves, Each One is Very Unique to the Next as No Two Leaves Are Ever Alike. There are Distinct Variations in Leaf's Shape, Which is Approximately Represented in the Item's Picture. 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