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5317 Fruitvilled Road #99
Sarasota, FL 34232
United States

I create unique hand-made pieces of jewelry that are ready for the beach.  As a Florida-based artist, scuba-diver, treasure-hunter and jewelry-designer, I've created jewelry that endures an active life-style that includes plenty of salt water.  My bone carving references traditional tribal fishhook patterns of the South Pacific, whales, sharks, sea horses and sea creatures both real and imagined.   All my materials are selected for the beach and the sea. I also create free-form cabochon pieces and sell rough stone.

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What's a Manaia?

James Monaco

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Manaia

is a spirit creature said to bring protection on the water.

A Manaia (pronounced man-eye) is a spirit creature.

The Manaia has three fingers thought to represent the earth, sky and sea but also birth, life and death as well as the holy trinity.

The Manaia has the head of a bird, the body of a man, the tail of a fish and a unique hand that has only three fingers.

Manaia have been worn for centuries by people of the South Pacific to provide protection on the sea and foster good luck and a plentiful catch.

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