 Wood stand, 'Thai Elephant'
$62.95
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on sale! $56.66
Amporn carves rain tree wood into a powerful Thai elephant. Realistic and beautiful, it boasts ivorywood tusks. The piece is designed as a practical stand. |
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 Wood stand, 'Elephant at Work'
$62.95
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on sale! $56.66
Amporn carves rain tree wood into a powerful Thai elephant. Realistic and beautiful, it boasts ivorywood tusks. The piece is designed as a stand. |
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 Silver filigree brooch, 'Young Elephant'
$32.95
Finely worked filigree gives an airy beauty to a powerful pachyderm. Giuliana Valz-Gen crafts the elephant of silver for a brooch of timeless beauty. .950 and .925 rating silver |
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 Teak box, 'Logging Elephant'
$47.95
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on sale! $43.16
Plake Kijfuangfoo crafts a handsome box for keepsakes or jewelry. Presented on a stand, it resembles traveling chests from bygone days. An elephant is hard at work on the lid, in honor of the role played by pachyderms in Thailand's past logging industry. Kijfuangfoo sculpts the beautiful piece from prized teakwood; the elephant boasts bamboo tusks. |
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 Teak wood statuette, 'Family Bond'
$49.95
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on sale! $44.96
This sculpture by Pramode Boontieng is a powerful expression of the love that strengthens families. Boontieng carves the elephant mother and calf by hand from teak wood with admirable, life-like detail. He shapes the tusks from ivorywood. |
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 Cedar walking stick, 'Osono Anante Dua'
$97.99
A work of aesthetic wisdom, this osono anante dua (elephant walking stick) by Yaw Baafi is transformed into a sage lesson in life. Inspired by an Ashanti proverb advising never to underestimate the underdog, this piece seems to speak: "I, a walking stick, can support an elephant. So please do not underestimate me, the walking stick." Most African communities regard the osono (elephant) as a symbol of power and when carried by a lithe pole it tells of a person's authority and bravery regardless of elderly age or introvert nature. Baafi hand-carves this important emblem of tradition from cedar wood and invests elegant detail to magnify the cedar's rich grain. The elephant's upturned trunk is transformed into a handle of great support rendering this walking stick a meaningful vestige of tradition. |
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 Ceramic statuette, 'Royal Elephant Floral'
$107.95
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on sale! $97.16
Beautiful floral brocades dress a white elephant calf, member of the royal retinue. Elephants are an important part of Thai culture and an essential feature of Buddhist art and architecture. Thatsanee and Ramphan recreate an ancient image in ceramic. They sketch the pattern freehand onto the figurine and apply pastel colors with tiny brushes before re-painting the piece with darker colors. |
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