Maori Greenstone Hei Matau Hook Hawaiian Christmas Stockings Just as the real life

Just as the real life fale structures

is a longtime member and past director of the Adventurers’ Club of Los Angeles and a distinguished member by the Friends of Tahiti

We even include a miniature coconut tree as an added reminder of the "happy people" of Samoa

The cups are sanded

Maori Greenstone Hei Matau Hook Hawaiian Christmas Stockings Just as the real lifeMaori greenstone (pounamu) is a traditional medium for artisans to carve into hooks (hei matau), tikis, koru, patu, and manaia among other creative work. Our Maori artisans have painstakenly recreated some of those images including this classic hook. Throughout history, Polynesians have been connected to the ocean. The islands are surrounded by lagoons, bays and open ocean as far as the eye can see. The Maori, like other Polynesians, are master