One World Projects

Calabash Horn Necklace & Earring Set -Aborigines Artisans-Fair Trade

$37.95 USD

Sale Sold out

Shipping calculated at checkout.

Quantity

Our Large Diamond-Shaped Calabash necklace and earring sets with horn designs are bright and vibrant. They are hand-painted on pieces of calabash and covered with a clear finish. The necklaces have an adjustable knot closure so you can wear them at the length you wish. Our earrings have a sterling silver hook coil wire.

pendant 3-1/2'' long x 3'' wide
Adjustable knot cord 16-1/4'' drop length
earrings 1-1/2'' long x 1-1/4'' wide, 2-5/8'' drop length
sterling silver hooks

Handmade from Colombia, Fair Trade imported.

Please read our extended description below by clicking on "About the Artisans" for more information on how this beautiful jewelry is made, and for more information on the artists who make them.

About the Artisans

When you visit Croix des Bouquets, the area of town known for Haitian metal art in the capital of Port-Au-Prince, you are met with a cacophony of tink, tink, tink as ball peen hammers strike sheets of steel. The sheets are cut from steel drums colored by oil and other liquids the drums at one time held. The process of turning sheets of metal into beautiful wall art is all done by hand, from cutting holes that become edges of trees and leaves, to accenting each lizard with a texture of scales, to painting or lacquering the final design. The artists are proud of their work, signing the pieces on the back side, leaving a raised, reversed signature on the front.