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Book Launch: Vintage Paua Shell Jewellery

Event / 10 September 2015

Celebrate the launch of Elly van de Wijdeven's book Vintage Paua Shell Jewellery: Art souvenir, tourist kitsch, Kiwi icon,which explores the rich history of paua shell jewellery in New Zealand. 

Published by Bateman, the book will be available as a fully illustrated hard copy, together with an accompanying e-book, 
New Zealand Paua Shell Jewellery: A Cultural History, which gives a more detailed account of this story."