Maori Manaia - Protector and Guardian ledger art The stones are natural high

The stones are natural high grade Sleeping Beauty turquoise

These earrings were in the collection of the owner of Gathering Tribes

25" W - 3mm Beads - 1 Fluted bead at bottom

representing eagle feathers

Size: 9 - Stone setting

Maori Manaia - Protector and Guardian ledger art The stones are natural highMaori handmade Manaia is an intelligent force of nature in the Maori culture. This Manaia was carved from cow bone and has paua shell eyes. It is strung on hand woven wax cord with a clasp is a green jade bead and round enclosure. More about Manaia below. The owner of Gathering Tribes obtained these while part of a Movement Rights Indigenous delegation to Aotearoa to meet with Maori leaders about the Rights of Mother Earth and how they protected the