Tiger tagua nut Embera pendant and tribal tagua claws necklace by Allie

Only one made, this Tribal Embera Indians tiger pendant is the main protagonist of a necklace made by me using tagua nut claws in different colors, gold filled 14k beads and leaves, wood beads in earth tones, and acai berries and tagua nuts.

Most of the materials in this pendant are sourced using as vendors sustainable and rainforest oriented shops in Etsy, I am proud to support with as Etsy artisan.

The pendant is big and made an statement, it is 3 inches wide and 2 inches tall. Let met tell me about this artistic piece,it was hand carved by Embera indians located in Panama rainforests.

The Wounaan and Embera Indian Artisans carve the tagua nut with hand tools and polish the tagua with a variety of fine abrasives; not varnishes or lacquer is used.

The natural color of the tagua is ivory, but the colors you see in the tiger design are produced by dyeing the tagua with natural extracts of plants and earth, using the traditional methods for dyeing basket fibers.

Artists that have acccess to fine India inks sometimes paint the carving. Income earned form the sales of tagua crafts reduces the needs to destroy the rainforest for agriculture. Basically conservation of the rainforest is why I have been in the business of tagua jewelry creation and designing since 2010!

It is a short necklace 17 inches length, hits a collar bone, I preferred a rather short necklace after many trials with this beautiful pendant, this designed suited the best my eye for beautiful things. The necklace closes beautiful in a gold plated brass toggle clasp.

Only one available.