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The descriptive notes are from the artistic Kenyan designer and creator .. Meggie Kagwi
This has been designed to be given as a token of appreciation for a kindness received ..
principally to be hung around the neck of a bottle, it can also be used as a wall hanging or draped over a lamp shade to
add decorative colour.
The antique white glass oval beads in this design originated from the Czech Republic.
They are often used in necklaces by the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria and in olden times by the ladies who worked in the palaces,
looking after the members of the Yoruba royal family.
The red beds were purchased in Togo
The 'leaves' are made out of batik cow bone from Kenya
The brass spherical bead was made by the Baoule tribe of the Ivory Coast
The two antique bells are from the Kambari tribe, from Nigeria near the Cameroon border
The large white piece holding all the strands together is cow bone from Kenya
The red and black beads are from India
The brass spacers are from Tunisia
Total hanging length: 13 ins / 32 cm .. Weight : 113 grams .. White glass ovals 21 x 7 mm Batik 'leaves': 38 x 15 x 6 mm .. Baoule brass sphere 12 x 16 mm
ATB 700-09 £32
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