Maori Bone and Paua Whale Tail Necklace All Blacks Rugby Homewares with a note inside explaining

with a note inside explaining the spiritual significance of the Maori design

traditional Polynesian navigation techniques

The breast plate measures approximately 6

1840 was the year the Treaty of Waitangi was signed

Maori Bone and Paua Whale Tail Necklace All Blacks Rugby Homewares with a note inside explainingThis Maori Bone and Paua Whale Tail Necklace is a beautiful piece of carving bringing together cow bone and native NZ paua shell. There's so much to this carving. There's the beautiful natural New Zealand paua (abalone) shell, with its irridescent shades of blue, green, pink and purple, with no two pieces the same. Then there's the equally beautiful piece of cow bone whale tail carving, with koru surface carving. And then there's the beautiful binding