MOONTURE NIHO EARRINGS

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In Māori mythology, taniwha are serpent-like beings that live in deep pools in deeps seas, deep lakes, caves, forests, and rivers. They could be guardians of sacred areas. The Niho Taniwha is a well-known design representing the teeth of the Taniwha. Depending on the medium it is used in, it represents strength, resilience, and one’s connection to higher beings such as the Taniwha. Materials: 1.5 Elongated St. Lawrence Island Alaskan fossil vory on 3/4” silver hoops. US Shipping only.

LENGTH: 2-1/4"

Biography: 

Maka/Keixe Yaxti, a Tlingit woman from Yaakwdaat, carries a rich heritage rooted in her clan's migration along the Copper River from the North. Yaakwdaat, a village in the Northern reaches of Southeast Alaska, is where her ancestors have long settled. Maka belongs to the Raven moiety of the Copper River Clan, specifically the House of the Owl, and is a child of the /Kanien'kehá:ka people. Her early education came from the land itself, with her maternal grandparents serving as its interpreters. Her understanding of humanity was deeply influenced by traditional practices, including harvest, song and dance, language, ceremony, and genealogy. Maka’s creative work emerges from a place where storytelling meets a vision for artistic abundance. She remains a lifelong student of Tlingit history and art.

Maka’s brand, Moonture | @moon.ture  seeks to create at the intersection of cultural intention and coherent emotion. Drawing from their Lingít, Kanien'kehá:ka and Māori heritage, Maka and her partner Aorere center the soul of their work in intention, energy, and Mana. The vision of the work is a reality where existing as a Tangata Whenua/Indigenous person is to thrive.