A wonderful Breastplate handcrafted from the beautiful Hapopo Pounamu. The rich mottled green is stunning and matches well with the handcrafted neutral bind, this will be a treasured gift that will carry on through the generations.
Kouma/Breastplate - signifies strength and protection in battle. Today they still hold this symbolism but more as a representative scale.
Hapopo- Genuine West Coast Greenstone. It's colour ranges from medium green to a dark forest green with a unique mottled texture. The name originating from Kā Umu o Hapopo (Big Bay) which is in Poutini ki te toka (South Westland).
Ngai Tahu Authentication Code P2011HRQ
Hand Carved by Moko Workshop NS
Size 32mm Long x 45mm Wide
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