Oboafo Ye Na Purple Agate and Soapstone Beaded Earrings from Ghana Chess Sets Games Mexican artisan Teresita Gonzalez carves

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Oboafo Ye Na Purple Agate and Soapstone Beaded Earrings from Ghana Chess Sets Games Mexican artisan Teresita Gonzalez carvesGlossy purple creates a striking contrast with natural soapstone in earrings from Ghana's Rachel Armah. She crafts the earrings by hand with enhanced agate, and adds miniscule bauxite beads. Armah call this design 'Oboafo Ye Na' an Akan phrase meaning 'a good person is hard to find.' The earrings are worn on brass hooks. materials: Enhanced agate, soapstone and bauxite on brass hooks Hook earrings 2. 4 in. L x 0. 6 in. W