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| Ethnic
Arts offers extensive collections of ethnic textiles, cotton batiks,
silk and cotton ikats, wayang puppets, masks, wooden carvings, hand
made paper, baskets, folk art greeting cards, jewelry and more from
Asia, Africa, Latin America and India. |
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| Ethnic
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textile collection includes batik sarongs, silk sarongs, ikat cotton wall hangings,
African textiles, kuba cloth, Indian wool shawls are just part of our
extensive textile selection. Many of our textiles are perfect as wall hangings.
Our sarong collection includes vintage batik sarongs, printed cotton batik sarongs,
tulis batik sarongs and Thai silk sarongs! |
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puppets include the wayang golek rod puppet, wayang kulit shadow puppet, also
known as a balinese shadow puppet, Indian puppets and Burmese puppets. The rich
puppet tradition of Asia is reflected in our collection of old Indonesian rod
puppets, wayang golek shadow puppet, Indonesian shadow puppet, wayang kulit shadow
puppet, Indonesian wood puppets, and wayang kletiks. |
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Ethnic Arts collection of African wood carvings, Papua New Guinea
carvings, Papua New Guinea clan shields, wood textile stamps
from India, Indonesian carvings, Torajan carved wood windows
and doors shows the variety of traditional wood carving found
in the villages of the world. Our African wood carvings are
a beautiful form of African art. |
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| Ethnic
Arts' selection of ethnic jewelry and beads and tribal jewelry
beads offers jewelry from Thailand, Africa and local artisans.
Old coptic crosses, Thai tribal silver beads, semi-precious
stone and silver necklaces, amulets and antique button bracelets
are available. Our coptic cross selection is extensive, with
many silver coptic cross pendants to choose from. |
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Nzalamba paintings, batik paintings from hand made Thai paper,
Sepik River New Guinea paintings, Inidan paintings on silk
and molas from the Kuna Indians of Panama are just some of
the paintings and images in the Ethnic Arts art collection.
Batiks from Uganda are a vibrant example of African art. A
perfect African gift! |
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hangers for textiles are hand carved, solid wood. These textile
display hangers are the perfect way to display a favorite textile
and are useful for window treatments. Some of the styles come
in several sizes. These textile hangers are carved in Indonesia
from mahogany, a renewable resource. These hangers for textiles
are beautiful! |
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Arts publishes greeting cards from around the world. The greeting
card series includes greeting cards from Australia, Mexico,
Africa, Borneo, Peru, Ecuador, Japan, Patricia Erickson from
Costa Rica and Molas from Panama. Ethnic Arts folk art greeting
cards are unique. We also offer African art greeting cards based
on Paul Nzambala paintings! |
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kites, recycled plastic chickens, trance horses from Indonesia,
African candles, palm leaf flowers - these are just a few of
the constantly changing items you might find in the Ethnic Arts
miscellaneous section! Come explore! Our Ethnic Arts make unique
gifts. Look at the kites - dragon kites, tiger kites, butterfly
kites, bird kites and more! |
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Arts offers many woven baskets. Our baskets are decorative baskets,
useful baskets, gift baskets and more! Our collection of handmade
baskets include baskets made of ilana palm, grass, rattan and
more! Our African basket collection includes beautiful Zulu
baskets and Botswana baskets. These African baskets are not
to be missed! Our handmade basket collection circles the globe!
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| Metal
is worked in many forms in villages. Copper is used in Java
for steaming rice and cooking and old French rural copper cookware
is still found. Copper batik stamps are used to put the wax
on the fabric before dying. Haiti is known for its steel drum
cutouts in fanciful patterns. Our collection includes copper
cookware from Java and France, batik copper stamps, and Haitian
steel metal cutouts. |
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| Masks
are used throughout the world to represent the spirit forces.
Ethnic Arts masks include African masks, Javanese masks, Kalimantan
masks, Papua New Guinea masks. The African mask is the best
known with an endless variety of masks such as for planting,
harvesting, and much more. Our african mask collection is a
beautiful form of African art and our African masks make great
African gifts! |
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Arts collection of sheets of hand made paper comes in a variety
of weights, colors and designs. It is also made into gift cards
and gift bags. Our patterns of paper include flower inclusion
paper, batik patterned paper, printed Indian cotton rag paper,
and batik paintings. Our hand made paper sheets and items make
great gifts. |
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David
Marsh designs, builds and paints sustainable pine and recycled
wood furniture in a
uniquely delightful "David Marsh style." Working
in his Texas studio with a committed team of fellow craftsmen,
each piece of furniture is meticulously crafted and finished,
with signatures of each artisan to lay hands on it. Distinctive,
colorful and beautiful additions to any home!
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| Javanese
dance costumes from the traditional dances of Java are noted
for their ornate sense of design. Each Javanese costume
in the dance has distinct characteristics that identifies the
character being danced. The hats are particularly distinctive.
We have a beautiful collection of Javanese hats and javanese
costumes. |
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| A variety of
colored hanging ornaments of birds, fish, horses, rice goddesses,
and puppets made of cloth, palm leaf, or wood add a bright note
to trees or mobiles. Day of the Dead Figures, Cloth fish ornaments,
Indian animal ornaments, Palm leaf ornaments and Papel picado
ornaments are unique gifts that add a burst of playful color!
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Balinese kites are handpainted and come in several designs. The Ethnic Arts Balinese
kite collection includes a dragon kite, tiger kite, frog kite, butterfly kite,
bird kite and ship kite! The skies above Bali always have kites in the air. These
intricately crafted Balinese kites are hand painted in Bali. |
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