A round pendant featuring a hand-cut Taffouh stone from the hills of Palestine, set in a NuGold brass frame, a traditional alloy made by melting recycled copper with zinc, then pouring it into handmade wax molds and polishing it to resemble 14K gold. Taffouh stone takes its name from the village of Taffouh near Hebron, historically known in Canaanite as “Beit Taffouh” (House of Apples). The stone is left soft and smooth on the back and hammered on the front, echoing the same surface used in traditional stone blocks that form the walls of Palestinian village houses.