Maaai Beaded Bracelet 74 - Press Button

Maaai Beaded Bracelet 74 - Press ButtonThis beaded leather bracelet is hand made by the Maasai of Kenya using glass beads and Kenyan leather. We work with about 400 Maasai women organised in four groups. When you purchase a Maasai beaded product from us, you are supporting meaningful work that promotes women entreprise and supports education, especially girl child education, in this marginalised community. Educating a Maasai girl can help eradicate retrogressive cultural practices such as

This large urban tote is made from top grain leather printed with chui (leopard) prints

you are supporting meaningful work that promotes women entreprise and supports education

Bead making among Maasai women is helping provide an alternative income stream for disadvantaged Maasai women and girls and this is a relief to a community that is significantly affected by climate change induced droughts and famine

The use of vegetable tanned leather

The leather colour is dark brown

If you would like a different pattern of leash

recycled brass and hand stitching makes this the most environmentally sustainable leather collar for your friend

This is the beauty of hand painted ceramics as each bead bears the style of the painter

The raw bead is sun dried for a day before its fired in a kiln (bisque firing) at 900 degrees to harden it

the bead is hand painted using ceramic colours and then fired again at between 1050 to 1000 degree celcius to bring out the beautiful colours

It closes with a handmade solid brass buckle that is handcasted from recycled brass

This Giraffe pendant is handmade from ceramic clay then hand painted and fired in a kiln