The Maori Carving Bone Jewelry

The bone carving, so the bone carving is an ancient art form of jewelry making. This art is deeply rooted in the culture of New Zealand's indigenous people, the Maori. They carved their jewelry from the bones of whales that were stranded at their beaches and died. Still preserves its traditional Maori people in this jewelry, also called carvings. However, in modern times, most of the bones of animals used, otherwise even the huge demand for souvenirs for tourists not to cover. But many European businesses and online stores offer the reworked Maori jewelry today from bones of cattle and water buffalo.

After some wear takes the bone jewelry a beautiful color, reminiscent of honey on. The Maori then form a unit with the carving.

The Maori are the various carvings of symbolic importance, they are all based on their culture and legends.

The most famous symbol is "Hey logyard" the hook. According to legend, the, fished the ancestor of the Maori, called Maui, the North Island from the ocean, with a fish hook. Hey logyard is the Maori for the trip across the water, for peace, strength and prosperity.

"Koru" symbolizes new beginnings, growth, harmony and future. Koru is a fern leaf, which rises straight.

"Twist" looks like a crossed over the other night and stands for friendship and everlasting love.

The first point for Maori carving is "Manaia", a human body. With a bird's head Most of this symbol has three fingers, representing the birth, life and death. Sometimes Manaia has a fourth finger, which represents life after death.

These different meanings makes spot for Europeans as attractive, he also looks really nice.