Intricately Carved Maori Bone Necklace In The Shape Of A Shark Tooth Gifting Options:Necklace on Card and lots of colours

and lots of colours

and yellow

or on a stand with engraved plaque

8cm (1 3/4" x 1 1/8")

Further down the shaft there is another

Intricately Carved Maori Bone Necklace In The Shape Of A Shark Tooth Gifting Options:Necklace on Card and lots of coloursThis intricately carved Maori Cow Bone Necklace in the shape of a shark tooth is a real beauty. The carving is phenomenally good. Spiritually, Maori thought of sharks as guardian spirits. In Maori mythology, the Milky Way is the shark Te Mangoroa, placed in the sky by the god Maui. Sea creatures were believed to be the children of the god Punga. Several Maori legends talk of sharks saving them from danger. So this is a wonderful guardian piece to wear