The charm of African ivory ornaments

During the one thousand years of carving handicraft RenJing connects the many African ivory ornaments, its precious value not only lies in its charm, and the legendary medical diseases, protect the personal power and use it to worship the gods and ancestors.

Ivory made in Africa is the most important species. Because of the African elephant is the largest of animals living like a family, so the teeth shape is bigger also, and the female, male elephant have a tooth. Only the quality varies from place to place. One of the best from Cameroon, but a fine texture or spots of the transparent medium soft warm tone of ivory.

Sue DanDing card family of the girl's ivory earrings are designed with a small circle pendant.Here is purely decorative, it is widely used to represent the symbol of "have an eye for discrimination" to defend themselves against malice.

These ivory handicraft is the United States and Europe in the 19th century's private collection, the central African nation of Zaire ethnic mobutu craftsman works.It confirmed the nation's traditional style.

Nigeria the 19th century, people of a beautiful bracelet from a whole piece of ivory carving, it follows chain older design of the cylinder.