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Working with more than 100 individual carvers in Machakos, Kenya, Jedando Modern Handicrafts markets products 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.

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Vibrant Life Earrings (Kenya) Long Beauty Electroplated Earrings (Kenya)
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Maasai Bangles - Set of Three - Green, Red & Black Maasai Bangles - Set of Three - Multicolored
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Fun to wear alone or in bunches, this Maasai bangle is a rubber ring wrapped in beads and comes in about a billion colors. The bangle gives a little to get over your hand but not too much. Each bangle is approximately 7.5 inches in circumference. Fun to wear alone or in bunches, this Maasai bangle is a rubber ring wrapped in beads and comes in about a billion colors. The bangle gives a little to get over your hand but not too much. Each bangle is approximately 7.5 inches in circumference.
Maasai Bangles - Set of Three - Blues Maasai Bangles - Set of Three - Black & White
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Maasai Bangles - Set of Three - Blues Maasai Bangles - Set of Three - Black & White
Fun to wear alone or in bunches, this Maasai bangle is a rubber ring wrapped in beads and comes in about a billion colors. The bangle gives a little to get over your hand but not too much. Each bangle is approximately 7.5 inches in circumference. Fun to wear alone or in bunches, this Maasai bangle is a rubber ring wrapped in beads and comes in about a billion colors. The bangle gives a little to get over your hand but not too much. Each bangle is approximately 7.5 inches in circumference.
Hand-Carved Giraffe Salad Tongs Hand-Carved Zebra Salad Tongs
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Silver Loyalty Bracelet (Kenya) Silver Harmony Bracelet (Kenya)
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