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How I Wear MY PEACE of jewelry - Tribal Horn Pendant

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Tribal Horn Pendant from Nepal. I love this PEACE. I just made. The pendant is from Nepal capped  in antiqued brass casing, hanging from African brass beads. Once I found this great pendant, I had to know about it. Tribal Horn jewelry is quite common. Words to describe these pendants - organic and natural. I still did not understand what made a piece of jewelry organic. Well here is the answer.  "The dictionary defines the word organic to mean objects that are “of, relating to, or derived from living organisms”. Jewelry that fits under this term would include wood, bone, horn and ivory. This pendant is part of a horn and carved ito the shape of a tooth. It's very common to I am not sure if it's buffalo or carabao.  The tooth shape symbolizes for Nepal power and defence. If you want to learn the history of Horn jewelry this is a pretty interesting Bone and Horn Simple Adornments Since MY PEACE of jewelry isn'...