An antique hand-carved Tibetan pendant of yak bone replicating a cicada, set in ornately carved sterling silver, crowns this 32” necklace. It also features devotional bone and silver beads from Nepal; carved and dyed Ethiopian cowbone and African horn; carved turquoise from Afghanistan; African copal amber ; Brazilian rock crystal; silver from Bali and the Karen Hill Tribe of northern Thailand, and much more.
It is an outstanding piece of wearable art that can never be duplicated, a melange of multi-cultural contributions into a breath-taking whole.