The Mane Event Necklace

Description

Truly an OOAK piece, this Njema original was created using a variety of glass, seed, bone, and wood beads.

Created for the Etsy Beadweaver's October challenge 'Animal Insticts', this necklace features a menagerie of wooden giraffes, leopards, lions, and zebras playing among the fringe. These beads, along with the other large wooden and bone beads, came from South Africa.

This necklace began with a length of peyote-stitched beads, to which a small net was added and then an explosion of fringe. The closure is a beaded loop and a large bone bead. Along with the wooden animals, there are a variety of bead, bone, glass, and stone beads embellishing the fringe. The fringe hangs up to 4 1/4 inches below the necklace. The necklace is approximately 23 inches long.

Added on Oct 19, 2009