Tagua Nut Jewelry by Baloka

Tagua nuts are a humane, sustainable alternative to ivory that grow on the Pacific coasts of South America. Each tagua nut has a unique shape and grain, made visible by the vegetable dyes used to pigment them.

Winner of the Juror Prize at the 2014 Fall Newton Open Studios Juried Show, Baloka owner/designer Maria Mizrahi is devoted to preserving the rain forests and the environment, and to introducing jewelry that's ethnic, eclectic and exotic.