A person who carves traditional Maori jewellery and other handicrafts from bone.
some of the women became well known as bone carvers
Example sentencesExamples
- Many of New Zealand's top sculptors, painters, potters, jewellerymakers and bone carvers have made Golden Bay their home.
- He became the first contemporary professional bone carver in the country.
- There is a limit as to how many bone carvers and marae caterers the market needs.
- It was around this area that we came across a talented bone carver.
- Most bone carvers in this country now use beef bone.