Inanga kōuma

Description

Inanga Nephrite Jade source up the Aniseed Valley, Tasman, New Zealand has tones of green and pearly white with chromite bleeding through the pounamu made into kōuma.  Kōuma is the primary word for a breastplate in Māori and it is often used to describe crescent-shape. Traditionally the kōuma is used to shield the wearer physically and spiritually.