Maori Bone and Paua Whale Tail Necklace Animals and make a fabulous souvenir

and make a fabulous souvenir of Aotearoa

given to him when he was a toddler and visiting New Zealand with his parents

and they have gone thru years of sun

The Nikau Palm is an iconic image of New Zealand

Maori Bone and Paua Whale Tail Necklace Animals and make a fabulous souvenirThis 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