Jewelry
Buy It Now! Ostrich Eggshell Necklace Assorted styles (CCF Arts and Crafts)
- Item Number
- 125
- Estimated Value
- 35 USD
- Buy Now Price
- 35 USD
- Quantity Available
- 0
- Sold
- 2 – Purchase History
Item Description
SAN BUSHMAN COLLECTION
SB-02: Ostrich Eggshell Necklace Assorted styles
Each piece of jewelry is one-of-a-kind. Purchasing Namibian craft jewelry not only provides sustainable income and an alternative livelihood for the people of Namibia, but also supports the continuation of traditional craft-making practices.
The San Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia apply their traditional skills to create jewelry, often with natural resources and materials available to them. Largely isolated from colonialism until the last century, San Bushmen women create intricate pieces of jewelry using wild seeds, pieces of tree roots, horns, bone, leather, tortoiseshell and most importantly, beads created from ostrich eggshell.
Item Special Note
Ostrich Eggshell Jewelry - According to archaeological studies, ostrich eggshell bead making is over a 40,000-year-old tradition. Ostrich eggshell jewelry has been worn as ornamentation and often given as gifts for thousands of years. The process to create the intricate jewelry is very time-consuming, as each bead is hand made by the San Bushmen. The San Bushmen are the oldest inhabitants of Africa and many still maintain a similar lifestyle to that of their ancestors from thousands of years ago. Ostrich eggs are broken into shards and then further broken into smaller pieces. Each piece is then hand shaped into beads using handmade tools specifically for the job. Finally, they are strung onto a rolled sinew thread and rubbed down to smooth and polish them. Bushman Artisans use natural dyes to color the beads in different shades of black and brown.
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