HandCarved 9 inch Olive Wood Bowl with Bone Inlay
HandCarved 9 inch Olive Wood Bowl with Bone Inlay
This highly grained olive wood bowl is hand-carved in Kenya using rudimentary hand tools. In a gorgeous color, this bowl also features inlaid piece of discarded cow bone, batiked in a mudcloth pattern using traditional batik dye methods.
As each bowl is hand carved and the size will vary between 9 – 10 inches. And the wood grain will vary.
Keep your bowl fresh by using an oil a damp cloth and occasionally oiling.
100% of the profits support the projects of Expanding Opportunities, a 501©3 and Registered NGO.
Remember FREE SHIPPING in the continental USA. Shipping charges for elsewhere in the world will be emailed to you for your approval.
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This highly grained olive wood bowl is hand-carved in Kenya using rudimentary hand tools. In a gorgeous color, this bowl also features inlaid piece of discarded cow bone, batiked in a mudcloth pattern using traditional batik dye methods.
As each bowl is hand carved and the size will vary between 9 – 10 inches. And the wood grain will vary.
Keep your bowl fresh by using an oil a damp cloth and occasionally oiling.
100% of the profits support the projects of Expanding Opportunities, a 501©3 and Registered NGO.
Remember FREE SHIPPING in the continental USA. Shipping charges for elsewhere in the world will be emailed to you for your approval.
Meet the Artists – Jedando
Working with more than 100 individual carvers in Machakos, Kenya, Jedando Modern Handicrafts markets African handicrafts primarily made of wood and bone worldwide. Carving is a tradition in Kenya with the children learning the craft from their parents. Carved by hand using only rudimentary hand tools, olive wood bowls, salad serving sets, and animal-shaped napkin rings take shape from pieces of olive wood, mahogany, and mpingo, or “African Ebony.”
An integral part of the organization’s function is to educate the craftspeople on the need for reforestation to enable the products to be available for years to come and offer a sustainable income for generations. While wood carving provides the major income for many in the Machakos area, other craftspeople earn a living by further enhancing the products including painting the napkin rings and carving discarded animal bone for the handles of salad serving sets. Often the bone is “batiked” by placing wax on the white bone and dipping the bone a dark brown/black dye, resulting in patterns African mud cloth designs. - Reviews (0)
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Aina Moja is Kiswahili for "one of a kind". Each item is uniquely hand-made by African artists and therefore, one of a kind. Due to the fact that each item is handmade, actual item may vary slightly from product image.
Aina Moja products are sold at art and craft fairs throughout the summer and fall as well as in the Aina Moja shop in Belfast, Maine.
Aina Moja is a member of Fair Trade Gifts and is part of the Artisan Support project of Expanding Opportunities, a 501(3)c organization.
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Our items are purchased directly from artisans in Kenya, Africa and not at tourist stations. The purchase of the items supports individuals and families in Kenya.
Proceeds from sales of the items at Aina Moja help support the projects of Expanding Opportunities, including the Street Children Fund, STEMS, Camp Forest, Friends Across the Ocean, Books for Kenya, and Distance Learning Centers. Expanding Opportunities has the greater mission of increasing self-sufficiency through educational and charitable projects for people nationally and internationally.
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