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Send to a friendEthnic Style Abstract Elephant Hand Carved Wood Necklace, "Oson Style"
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For this necklace, Robert Aidoo-Taylor designs the stylized face of an elephant with its long ears and without the trunk. Known as oson in Akan, the black and red elephant head is flanked by brown beads. Aidoo-Taylor carves the sese wood pendant by hand with experienced mastery and sets it on a black cord necklace that can be worn at the desired length through a sliding knot.
- 10 grams
- 0.35 oz
- 36 cm min L - x 72 cm max L
- 14.25" min L - x 28.5" max L
- 10 mm W
- 10 mm W
- Pendant(s): 6 cm L x 4 cm W
- Pendant(s): 2.4" L x 1.6" W
- Sese wood, polypropylene cord
- Hand-crafted item -- color, size and/or motif may vary slightly
- Sliding knot
- Made in Ghana.
- Certified and shipped by our office in Ghana
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