Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Brazilian Indian Bead Artifacts

Natural Bead Jewelry

These Artifacts are hand-made in the Amazon-Basin area from the Jé Speaking tribes, Krikati, Canela, Gaivião and many other villages.

For generations, Native Brazilian Indians deep in the Amazon rain forest have lovingly and painstakingly created one-of-a-kind handcrafted jewelry from the best of what nature has to offer. Intricate “seed work”, textures, colors and patterns are combined to create each individual piece of art to be cherished.

- Individually handmade by Native Brazilian Indians; not from a factory.

- Seeds are authentic; no plastic or molded beads (unless noted).

Imagine YOUR self with....a well made hand-crafted object on your arm or neck, one of a kind design; that will bring a million eyes to yourself...and you can tell them all the work that is entailed and the uniqueness of these artifacts...

The small beads go through a long process before they are even made into a bracelet or a necklace. Later I will explain in greater detail, basically they have to go out into the jungle to get them sometimes cutting themselves getting the seeds because the plant's leaves cut. Then they have to put it in water for a whole month so they will sprout. Once they start sprout about an inch then they take off the sprout and have to grind a hole in each seed individually, which takes many hours to do. The smaller the beads the more work they take to make. After that if they want to make it black they "fry" it. There are only 2 colors brown and black.

Every seed and feather (as applicable) is exclusive, so imperfections...or as we like to think of them, “character marks” … are part of what make them a piece of art and a one-of-a-kind.

If you are interested in any of them send me an email with the product number with any question involved.

All of the artifacts have a ruler in cm. so you have an idea on the size.

At bottom of the page there is a slide show of pictures that shows you more artifacts if any interest you send an email with the product number.

NOTE: I will ship to any where in the World.

Shipping Cost: There are 3 choices, 1) (Not Recommended) Simple, which is $2 and takes over 30 days to arrive at its destination. 2) (Recommended if you are not in a hurry and it is registered) Priority, which is $3 and takes less than 30 days, about 3 weeks. 3) (Recommended, if you are in a hurry and want to get your product this is the way to go) Sedex, which is like FedEx is the fastest but most expensive and takes up to one week to deliver, costs $32.

If something interest you, email me @ denisbailey@gmail.com the product number and I will send you the link so you can pay by paypal, if you don't have a paypal account you can pay with:
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Please Note: First come first serve...after an artifact is sold i will put a sold sign!

Please, if I don't respond right away please be patient. I might be out of town but I will get back with you!

NOTE: All prices are in US dollars.

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Product # 101
Price: $30
Condition: New, no beads broken.
The white beads are for decoration and not made from the jungle but store bought.
As you can see this necklace can come apart.
This is a very detailed necklace...


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Product # 102
Price: $13
Condition: New, no beads broken.
This one is simpler than the first....


This one comes apart too...

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Product # 103
Price: $25
Product # 429
Condition: New, no beads broken.
This is a very interesting one...these necklaces are soft and very attractive...


This one too comes apart...

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Product # 206
Price: $30
Condition: No beads broken.
This necklace came from another tribe. I have never seen one like this...
and is one of-a -kind...
well made...
and very beautiful.
The coconuts they use on it are not what the Krikati use...

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Product # 207
Price: $100
Condition: No beads broken.
These necklaces took a lot of work to make...
It may seem a little expensive but that is because there are 15 individual necklaces and i am selling them all together.
The lady that is selling it told me that if the beads were bigger she would have sold if for less but since the beads are really small and they take a long time to make...
Each necklace would come out to be $6.66 a piece. (6.66 x 15 =99.9)

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Product # 308
Price: $30
Condition: No beads broken.
This necklace is a beautiful piece of art...
well made...
it comes apart...

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Product # 204
Price: $13
Width: 2 cm
Length: 14 cm
Condition: Some beads broken.
Here is another work of art...from another tribe...
These beads are different than what the Krikati use...
It isn't new and a few of the beads are missing...if you do buy one of these products you must take very good care of them because they can break if applied to much pressure...

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Product # 205
Price: $9
Width: 2 cm
Length: 13.5 cm
Condition: New, no beads broken.
This is a simple bracelet and a type that i have been using for quite some time...
the design is simple...
This is a type of bracelet that the Krikati often make...

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Product # 428
Price: $25
Width: 3 cm
Length: 16.5 cm
Condition: New, no beads broken.
This is a nice wide bracelet...
simple yet very attractive...
very well done and comfortable to use...

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Product # 429
Price: $25
Width: 3 cm
Length: 16.5 cm
Condition: New, no beads broken.
Here is another beautifully designed bracelet...
Well made and eye catching like the other one when on your wrist
You will hardly ever see the same designs in bracelets....and these are made very nicely...

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