Fine art jewelry made from hand-cut coins and other reclaimed treasures



New Zealand - Cut Coin Earrings with Koruru Mask

R&R Legacy Craft Studio

Regular price $100.00

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Meticulously drilled and cut by hand from an actual New Zealand 10 cent coin. It features a traditional Maori Koruru mask.

The Koruru is a mask that would be mounted on the gable of a meeting house. In Maori culture, certain structures symbolized the body of a revered ancestor. The Koruru would be carved to represent the face of the associated ancestor.