Maori Bone and Paua Whale Tail Necklace All Blacks Rugby Homewares traditional Polynesian navigation techniques

traditional Polynesian navigation techniques

The breast plate measures approximately 6

The work involved in making them is long and complex

It is often carved with a bird-like head

Maori Bone and Paua Whale Tail Necklace All Blacks Rugby Homewares traditional Polynesian navigation techniquesThis 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