Product Description:
 
Product Dimension - Abalone Shell: 4.5" x 3.25"
Product Dimension - Stand: 3.5" x 2.5"
Product Weight:  .4 oz
Product Weight - Abalone Shell:  .2 oz
Product Weight - Stand:  .2 oz
 
Abalone shells are often used as tools to perform smudging rituals.  Their very practical use is a bowl to catch hot cinders and hold what remains of the smudging stick after it’s burnt.  Abalone shells are also a gift from the sea and, thus, symbolically represents the water element while the unlit herbs represents earth, the lit herb represents fire and the small represents the air.   In this way, the act of smudging invites mama Gaia into the center of the ceremony to hold space for any transformations that will occur.  To protect its beautiful rainbow shimmer from the hot embers, add a layer of sand to the inside of the shell.