The Bone Art Place - New Zealand bone, jade and wood craft and …
Hand crafted Bone, Jade, Wood, Pearl and Silver necklaces, pendants, carvings, gifts and wearable art from New Zealand & the Pacific. Traditional Maori and contemporary designs.
Jade Carvings – The Bone Art Place
Jade Carvings. The beauty of jade is unsurpassed with its semi translucent look and swirls of green that seem to float deep within the stone. Hold a jade carving up to the light and you will truly be looking into another world.
Bone Carvings – The Bone Art Place
Necklaces, sculptures and other wearable artworks hand carved from bone in both traditional New Zealand Maori and contemporary styles make the perfect gift.
Maori Design Meanings – The Bone Art Place
The Manaia can be seen blended into many Maori designs with subtle differences between tribes. The Manaia is often depicted with the three fingers of birth, life and death. It can also be shown with a fourth finger representing the afterlife and describing the circle of life.
Welcome – The Bone Art Place
Our online gallery contains nearly 1000 pieces and represents over 35 local artists working and carving in a huge range of materials including bone, jade, Pounamu, greenstone, wood, silver, shell and lots more.
Collections – The Bone Art Place
Hand crafted Bone, Jade, Wood, Pearl and Silver necklaces, pendants, carvings, gifts and wearable art from New Zealand & the Pacific. Traditional Maori and contemporary designs.
Pearl, Silver & Other Art – The Bone Art Place
Wearable art and necklaces carved in Pacific pearl shell or cast solid sterling silver and other exotic materials by real local New Zealand and Pacific artists.
Jade Matau (Fish Hooks) – The Bone Art Place
These very stylized fish hook jade carvings, jewelry and necklaces represent prosperity, abundance, fertility and strength. They are also seen as good luck charms particularly for those traveling over water.
Jade Koru (Spirals) – The Bone Art Place
The Maori Koru jade carving necklace represents the fern frond opening and bringing new life and purity to the world. It also represents peace, tranquility and spirituality, along with a strong sense of regrowth or new beginnings and new journeys.
Tamaki Studio – The Bone Art Place
Small Jade Pikorua Twist, hand-crafted Pendant. $109 USD. Small Triple Pikorua Jade Twist, hand-crafted Pendant. $140 USD. Out Of Stock. Jade handcrafted Pikorua twist Pendant with Koru. $98 USD. Jade Shepherd's Whistle, dark jade. $145 USD.