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Send to a friendAdjustable Sese Wood Necklace in Blue and Black from Ghana, "Akwatia Diamond"
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A pendant is hand-carved of sese wood, centering a length of black cord. Ghanaian artisan Robert Aidoo-Taylor creates this necklace, flanking the pendant with petite wood beads and discs. He paints the pendant in colors of blue and black, naming it Akwatia, after a Ghanaian diamond mining town.
- 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): 7 cm L x 2 cm W
- Pendant(s): 2.8" L x 0.8" W
- Sese wood, polyester cord
- Hand-crafted item -- color, size and/or motif may vary slightly
- Adjustable
- Sliding knot
- Made in Ghana.
- Ships fast from USA.
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