Posted in Mazo Gallery, Shango on 07/31/2009 09:24 am by Babalade
This mazo was made by Babalade for Shango.
It is made with glass, wood and crocheted beads with a turtle shell used in the main gloria.
It is 34 inches long.
The cost is $265.

Shango mazo

The tassel shows greater detail.

Back side of the main tassel
Posted in Mazo Gallery, Shango on 12/19/2008 11:52 am by Babalade
This mazo was made by Babalade for Shango.
It is made of glass and wood.
This mazo is not for sale.
Mazo
The main tassel and house show greater detail.
Tassel

Posted in Mazo Gallery, Shango on 12/17/2008 11:31 am by Babalade
This mazo was made for Shango.
It is made of glass beads with bone turtles embedded in the glorias. It is 30 inches long. The glorias are 9-1/2 inches from the top of the glorias. It weighs around 3-3/4 pounds.
There are eight houses with six tassels. There are ten strands in the frame and tassels, with twenty strands in the main tassel.
Mazo

Main tassel and house shows greater detail.
Tassel

Detail

This mazo is not for sale.
Posted in Mazo Gallery, Shango on 11/23/2007 10:09 am by Babalade
This 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″ long. The tassels are 8 1/2″ long from the top of the glorias.


Posted in Mazo Gallery, Shango on 04/01/2007 09:26 am by Babalade
This mazo was made for Shango by Babalade.
It is made entirely of glass and bone beads. Note the carved bone turtle beads in the glorias.


This mazo is not for sale