Baby Pāua Pendant Silver

The curves and intricate detail of this classic New Zealand shell are beautifully captured in these pendants which are cast in solid Recycled Sterling Silver from actual Pāua (Abalone). It's likely to become your new favourite necklace!

Note: no cute little baby pāua were harmed in the making of this pendant, it is cast from a mould taken from a shell found on the beach!

Pāua Pendant Size: Large 25mm(1in), Medium 22mm (0.86 in), Small 17mm (0.7 in)

Chain length: 450mm (17.7 in)

Different length of chain available by request.

Note: at present chains are not sourced from recycled sterling silver.

Also available as earrings

While they’re known as ‘abalone’ in other countries, larger pāua can mostly be found in the fresh, cold seas of the lower North Island, South Island, Chatham Islands and Stewart Island. They are caught by free-diving.

To make pāua babies, the male and female pāua wait until the perfect time (they just know) and then, together, eject millions of eggs or sperm into the water at the same time through those holes you see in their shells. It then mingles, becomes pāua lavae, and some will one day head down to start life as a rock dwelling adult pāua.

New Zealand’s pāua industry is managed by strict quotas, which will only allow a certain amount of them to be harvested each year, with severe penalties for those who break the law. This makes for a sustainable fishery.