NZ Greenstone Eye Tooth Pendant - 75mm

NZ Greenstone Eye Tooth Pendant.

Rei Niho (Eye Tooth) carved from pounamu, maintains the beauty of the traditional form, symbolising the intimate connection between Māori and Tohorā.

The mark of a high Chief was one who wore the rei niho (whale tooth pendant), as the teeth of the sperm whale (Paraoa) were highly prized because of their rarity.

With actual whale teeth being such a rarity, it became common to fashion the tooth form from other materials such as this example created from Pounamu.

Carver: Reg Butler.

Size Approx 75 H x 18mm W.

We photograph each piece but a slight colour variation may occur.