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

The patu is made from sustainably farmed Tulip Wood

like the second photo

This one features the native ferns

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