Huia Double Feather Earrings 80mm
£36.00
Huia Double Feather Bone Earrings
To the Maori the Huia bird is tapu (a sacred treasure)
Like jewels plucked from a royal crown, huia feathers were given as tokens of friendship and respect.
In a culture without money, tribes occupying the huia country of the North Island sent the feathers as gifts or traded them with other tribes for greenstone, sharks’ teeth, and other valuables.