Maori Bone Whaletail Necklace

Maori Bone Whaletail Necklace Hand Carved Maori Beef Bone Whale Tail Fluke Necklace Adjustable Cord Smm) 34 W x 33L (inch) (1.33" W X 1.30L") (size may vary slightly)

Muri Paraoa (Wail Tail) The whale tail represents speed and strength. People use it as a good luck charm. It represents speed and strength.

AOTEAROA

(Ay-o-tee-uh-ro-uh)

The Land of the Long White Cloud

(AKA NEW-ZEALAND)



It is estimated that Pacific Island peoples, calling themselves the Maori, made their way to Aotearoa sometime between the years of 950-1150 AD. To the Maori, as is true among all coastal and island peoples, the sea was the key to survival and the driving force behind tribal myths and legends. The Maori, also like other peoples, created beautiful works of art which enabled them to bring their intangible concepts of the unknown or super-natural world into the everyday, tangible world. The pieces in our New Zealand Collection are either a traditional or stylized Aotearoa Maori design.