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Handmade Soapstone Animals in a Banana Fiber Box
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Code: 609swAnimal
Price: $20.00
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Assortment of Small Soapstone Animals (Elephant, Rhino, Hippo).
Handcarved, each animal is slightly different measuring approximately 2" long, 1.25" tall and 3/4" wide.
Soapstone is technically a talc; the various
colorations and striations running through it are formed by the leaching of
different minerals through the stone as it sits underground (particularly iron.) The colored and incised designs are made by dying the stone with ink, paint, or
shoe polish, then sealing the color with beeswax, and finally incising the
surface, thereby allowing the light colored, natural stone to show through.
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