60mm width on an adjustable waxed, braided cord

Tangiwai is the most ancient form of pounamu. It is bowenite rock, which is different in composition to the more common nephrite. Most tangiwai is sourced from two isolated areas at Piopiotahi (Milford Sound).

Tyson Lynes is a third-generation jade carver using greenstone sourced on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
Tyson trained under his father, renowned master carver, Rob Lynes. The Lynes family has a generational love of pounamu and has cultivated an amazing collection of this precious stone, otherwise known as nephrite jade.

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