Beaded Necklace with Etched Cow Bone Pendant

Showing no limits as to what can be recycled, this necklace is strung on the natural color cord found in old tires. Made by the 15 young people of Zakale Creations, an organization that works through Jedando Handicrafts, each necklace has a cow bone pendant accented with glass, cow bone, and trade beads.

The necklace is approximately 25 inches long. The pendant is approximately 1 inch.

It closes with a metal hook clasp and comes with the double-sided information card pictured.

Handmade in Kenya.

Meet the Artisans

Working with more than 100 individual carvers in Machakos, Kenya,Jedando Modern Handicrafts markets products primarily made of wood and bone worldwide. Carving is a tradition in Kenya with the children learning the craft from their parents. Carved by hand using only rudimentary hand tools, olive wood bowls, salad serving sets, and animal-shaped napkin rings take shape from pieces of olive wood, mahogany, and mpingo, or “African Ebony.” An integral part of the organization’s function is to educate the craftspeople on the need for reforestation to enable the products to be available for years to come and offer a sustainable income for generations.

While wood carving provides the major income for many in the Machakos area, other craftspeople earn a living by further enhancing the products including painting the napkin rings and carving discarded animal bone for the handles of salad serving sets. Often the cow bone is “batiked” by placing wax on the white bone and dipping the bone a dark brown/black dye, resulting in patterns African mud cloth designs.

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Fair Trade means that artisans are paid a fair price in advance for their products and work in a safe working conditions. It provides the framework for empowering the disadvantaged of the world to make a fair living and provide for themselves and their families.

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