Oshun Horsetail
Saturday, November 24th, 2007Ewe Ide made this horsetail for Oshun. I
t is made of glass beads and coral.
It is not for sale 
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Oya Horsetail
Saturday, November 24th, 2007Ewe Ide made this horsetail for Oya.
It is made with glass beads and cowrie shells.
It is not for sale 
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Aganju Mazo
Saturday, November 24th, 2007Babalade made this mazo for Aganju.
It is made entirely of glass beads with extensive use of tiger eye both in the houses and tassels and in the glorias.
It is not for sale 
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View LargerShango Mazo
Friday, November 23rd, 2007This mazo was made by Ewe Ide for Shango.
It is made entirely of glass and wood beads with bone turtles worked into the glorias. Note the wonderfully varied wood beads.
It is 36 inches long. The tassels are eight and a half inches long from the top of the glorias.
It is not for sale.
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Orishaoko Mazo
Saturday, November 10th, 2007Orishaoko Mazo
This mazo was made by Babalade for Orishaoko. It is made entirely of glass and coral beads. Note the extensive use of coral in the glorias, houses and tassels, and the half blue, half pink beads in the houses and tassels.
The mazo is 39 inches long. The tassels are 9 inches long from the top of the gloria. There are eight houses. It weighs just under four pounds.
The cost is $300.
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Gloria
Elegba Mazo
Saturday, November 10th, 2007Elegba Mazo.
This mazo was made for Elegba by Babalade.
It is made entirely of glass beads. Note the painted glass beads in the glorias and the variagated red, black and white beads in the center of the houses and tassels.
It has eight houses with ten strands, and 20 strands in the tassels. It is 35 1/2 inches long. The tassels are 9 inches long from the top of the gloria. It weighs just under three pounds.
The cost is $220.
