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Maori Art & Crafts
Maori are New Zealand's indigenous people.
Using New Zealand bone, pounamu (also called jade or greenstone, which is highly prized and in limited supply) and pearl shell, they carve practical items like fish-hooks and adzes and also ceremonial items like jewelry in wonderful tribal designs.
New Zealand Maori of today also carve modern shaped carvings to compliment the traditional carvings designs, like whale, shark, and turtle.
We offer you the unique opportunity to purchase items that are nearly impossible to get from anywhere else on the planet.
They are genuine Maori artifacts, 100% made in New Zealand, by local Maori artists.
Maori Bone Carving Designs
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This Hei-Matau Bone Fishhook Carving Pendant represents prosperity, abundance and fertility.
It's a Good Luck Charm...
Wearing the Hei-Matau Bone Fishhook Carving Pendant is a sign of
respect for the sea and its creatures so it is also regarded a good
luck charm providing protection and safety while traveling over water.
It's a symbol of power and
authority which is held in great reverence by the Maori people. For
other people they represent and symbolize typical
NZ art and culture and religion.
To view more Maori Bone Carving Designs Click Here
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Maori Pounamu, Greenstone & Jade Carvings
Pacific Pearl Shell Carvings
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This Black Pacific Pearl spiral is a Koru, representing the fern frond as it opens, bringing
new life and purity to the world.
It also represents peace, tranquility
and spirituality along with a strong sense of regrowth or new beginnings
To view more Pacific Peral Shell Carvings Click Here
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Kai Maori Bone Carvings
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The name Tiki (penis) is one which is applied to stone statues
elsewhere in Polynesia.
It is the name of a male demigod which appears
often in Polynesian mythology and is unquestionably ancient.
To view more Kai Maori Bone Carvings Click Here
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Toki (Adze)
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The beauty of jade is unsurpassed with its semi translucent look and
swirls of green that seem to float deep within the stone.
Hold a jade
carving up to the light and you will truly be looking into another
world.
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