Pounamu Mania Pendant

Beautiful genuine New Zealand Pounamu, Greenstone - carved locally with aroha.  A precious taonga to keep and pass down the generations.  

Beautifully carved by skilled carvers locally.

Manaia is a mythological creature in Māori culture and is a common motif in Māori carving and jewellery. The Manaia is usually depicted as having the head of a bird and the tail of a fish and the body of a man, though it is sometimes depicted as a bird, a serpent, or a human figure in profile. The Manaia is traditionally believed to be the messenger between the earthly world of mortals and the domain of the spirits, and its symbol is used as a guardian against evil.

Carved by MOKO Pounaumu in Christchurch.

Dimensions:  70 mm x 40 mm