This one-of-a-kind handmade necklace was designed around the bronze mask - it's a lost wax pendant from Africa. The original mold is handmade from wax and then it's cast with bronze, then the wax is melted to remove the finished piece - thus the mold is "lost" after just one use! I've accented the mask with five vintage Yoruba bells and made the chain from a combination of glass, bone, shell, and semi-precious gemstone beads from Tibet, Nepal, and Africa.
The necklace is 20" long, the pendant has a 2" drop, and the earrings are 1-1/4" long and hang from nickel-free posts.
The necklace is 20" long, the pendant has a 2" drop, and the earrings are 1-1/4" long and hang from nickel-free posts.
Here you can see the lost wax mask up close - it has lots of fabulous detail. The Yoruba bells are vintage and have some wear, but the clappers are still intact and they give a pleasant jingling! On either side of the mask, you can see tiny bone rondelles, etched Tibetan agate, and glass reproduction dZi beads, also from Tibet.
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On the sides toward the back of the necklace, there are more reproduction glass dZi beads - tube shaped, tiny bone rondelles, faceted Tibetan agate, and bronze and brass spacer beads. The dark blue bead is handmade glass from Nepal, and I've also added a series of tiny shell Heishe beads from Africa. The back is finished with 6mm wooden seed beads.
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To the immediate left and right of the mask pendant are the large cream glass beads from Tibet, as well as black Tibetan bone beads. I've added a few dangling bronze findings from Central Asia, more shell Heishi beads from Africa, and the large bead is handmade fused glass from Nepal.
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The matching earrings feature tiny round bronzed brass beads, bone rondelles, a handmade glass bead from Nepal, bronze beads and spacers from Africa, and an etched Tibetan agate bead. The bronze colored posts are nickel-free.
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