Bone Carving #61 Heru (Manaia) Necklace measures 9

measures 9

Working towards your reo Māori journey (no matter your level of reo fluency)

and comes with a brown adjustable waxed cord to wear as a necklace

Often depicting a bird-like head and a tail of creature with a human body

A love story between a man and the mist maiden - symbolic of connection and intimacy within the land (whenua) and nature

Bone Carving #61 Heru (Manaia) Necklace measures 9Bone Carving #61 Heru (Manaia) Inspired by the many stories of our tpuna that talk about kaitiaki or protectors which may have been represented as manu (birds). The stories say that these kaitiaki looked like humans with the head of the bird. It measures 18. 9cm x 4cm, is double sided, and is worn in the hair. This comes with a removable and adjustable black, waxed cord so it can be worn as a taonga around the neck also.