Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Wanderer Imports' "Hei Matau"



I'm on Facebook and I see this ad. I'm all for that! Plus I have always wondered what these fish hook symbols mean, as half the guys in Hawaii wear them, as well as the Kiwi first mate I worked with. So I click on the ad. It says,

The stylized fish hook design, known as the Hei Matau, has its origins in Maori Legend. The legend holds that the north island of New Zealand was once a huge fish caught by Maui, the great Mariner, using only a woven line and a bone hook. For the Maori, the Hei Matau represents Strength, Prosperity, Fertility and a great respect for the Sea. It is worn by travelers to provide good luck and grant safe passage over water.

Very cool. Good luck, little entrepreneurial shredder, may you never have to work a real job.

3 comments:

artisan said...

Just ordered one...pretty impressive little venture he's got going on there...

Memetician said...

And he's a cool guy. After I told him that I blogged about his necklaces, he asked me for my address so he could send me a couple free ones. How nice is that?

Randi Brant said...

Do you have his email? I book marked the site from Facebook last month & just went back to buy one... now the site isn't working.

Please email it to me. I must have a necklace! randibrant@me.com