Contemporary | Earrings | Sets
Aroha Heart and Earrings
Gorgeous set made from the same slice of pounmau.
Always cool to see some of the process from where the pounamu started to what it is now.
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Mahi Tahi – Broken Pounamu
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Mana Whanau Tahi
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