Bone Engraved Koru Manaia with Paua Pendant - 45mm

Bone Engraved Koru Manaia with Paua Pendant.

The Manaia is a bearer of great spiritual energy and is a guardian against evil.

The Manaia is traditionally believed to be the messenger between the earthly world of mortals and the domain of the spirits.

The Manaia is usually depicted as having the head of a bird and the body of a serpent and a tail of a fish, though it is sometimes depicted as a bird, a serpent, or a human figure in profile.

Other interpretations include a seahorse and a lizard.

The Manaia is a mythological creature in Maori culture and is a common motif in Maori carving and jewellery.

The Koru design, represents the unfurling new fern frond, and signifies peace, tranquility, new beginnings, and personal change.

There's the beautiful natural New Zealand paua (abalone) shell, with its iridescent shades of blue, green, pink and purple, with no two pieces the same. 

Paua used in Jewellery.

New Zealand Paua (Abalone) when used in jewellery is said to bring prosperity, good luck and peace to the wearer.

Size Approx 45 H x 40mm W.