Genuine NZ Greenstone Pekapeka Manaia Breastplate Necklace PAUA NECKLACE The top of this cloak

The top of this cloak is finished with a knitted taniko tape in colours of white

5cm (14 3/4") minus the stake

The patu is made from sustainably farmed Tulip Wood

Medium = US Womens 6 1/2 - 7 1/2 = UK 5 - 6 = Euro 38-39

Genuine NZ Greenstone Pekapeka Manaia Breastplate Necklace PAUA NECKLACE The top of this cloakThis pekapeka manaia necklace is made from genuine NZ greenstone, pounamu. Carved as a breastplate, it is a large necklace measuring approximately 10cm (4") wide. This design is called a pekapeka, the Maori name for New Zealand's only native mammal, a bat. There is conjecture as to whether this ancient design is a bat or entwined native birds, or whether it is simply two entwined Manaia, the design you see in the heads in the carving. Regardless of