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Maybe you know a friend who is accommodating and traditional yet still enjoys floral patterns? If this is true, then you should look at the Concept and Clematis groupings which would probably be your best solution. The Clematis collection presents stylish openwork floral designs and the Concept collection has classic pearl designs with a contemporary flare. Here’s some information about both.

Gifts For Girl Friend -The Stunning Clematis Collection

Clematis is a climbing vine that blooms with spectacular flowers. The collection presents open and refreshing designs. The diminutive pendant is a lovely wire flower containing a stunning pearl in the heart of it, with crystal around it. A slender snake chain flatters the pendant’s delightful and fresh feel. A snake chain is constructed from curvy, round metal rings consecutively linked at the sides to form an elastic tube which has an even, crusty consistency reminiscent of a snake’s skin. Different from nearly every other chain which is a series of attached rings, snake chains are formed of round curvy metal rings hooked at the sides creating a versatile tube with a flat scaly surface likened to the skin of a snake. The complimentary earring are offered in glistening aurora borealis crystals, glass pearls, or freshwater pearls. Dangling from gold or silver plated ear studs, the earrings are especially womanly and also especially chic. The headband showcases an individual, huge openwork flower amid unrestrained, elegant petals and a crystal and pearl centre part. Two special pieces from this group are the big and little hairpins. The large hairpin is decorated with aurora borealis crystals, coloured glass pearls or ivory freshwater pearls. The small mini hairpin is a diminutive version of the large one and is decorated similarly. As an alternative hair grips can be worn instead of hairpins. The components of this grouping are offered in gold or silver plated with pearls coloured in green, blue, navy, purple, ivory pale blue, pale pink, red and bronze.

Gifts For Girl Friend -Suggestions On The Concept Collection

In the Concept group, the focus is on pearls, pearls, pearls. The ensemble starts with a stunning double stranded necklace which contains gatherings of freshwater pearls or glass pearls divided by sparkling crystals. One other necklace showcases a thickly gathered assortment of coloured pearls mix together with like coloured crystals for an incredible design. Though not a torsade, this particular necklace looks close to it but is less costly. Both necklaces come silver or gold plated, with a 4 inch extender that allows for plenty of versatility in wearing. The earrings offered with this grouping are a drop linear creation. A group of pearls is finished with a sparkling crystal. The Concept grouping has two bracelets. The first one offers two rows of pearls long with crystals. Number two contains a clustered- type assortment of pearls with similarly coloured crystals. The two bracelets come with an extender. The pearls are available in green, blue, pale blue, pale pink, purple, red, navy, ivory and bronze.

Gifts For Girl Friend -In conclusion, no matter if your lady friend is partial to flowers or pearls, she will be captivated by a gift which has the time-honoured feel of the Clematis or Concept groupings.

An intricately carved salt cellar with its beautifully rendered figures is one of the more important Sapi-Portuguese ivories. It is attributed to a workshop distinguished by salt cellars featuring cylindrical, openwork bases, and it is carved from one piece of ivory (excepting the lid). A luxury object, it would have been commissioned by Portuguese from local workshops, and incorporates an inventive combination of European and African design elements. The egg-shaped container is decorated with narrow beaded bands (a European embellishment) and supported by four standing figures (an African innovation).

The other six works promised as gifts from Adele and Donald Hall to the Nelson-Atkins in honor of the 75th Anniversary are as follows:

A Headrest, African, Republic of the Congo, late 19th -- early 20th century. Wood, glass beads, and copper, 5 5/16 x 4 ½ x 3 ½ inches. High-ranking Luba women and men slept with headrests such as this to protect elaborate hairstyles, which indicated civilized refinement and both exterior and interior beauty. This headrest is attributed to the “Master of the Cascade Coiffure,” one of the most renowned 19th-century Luba artists. With its animated female figure, it is an outstanding representative of the diminutive, elegantly carved headrests attributed to this artist, or workshop.

Trance Diviner’s Figure, African, Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, 19th century. Wood, beads, and cloth, 19 ½ x 5 ¼ x 6 inches. This elegant sculpture was created to house one of the powerful wilderness spirits that communicated with Baule diviners during trance possession. Wilderness spirits, although frightful and inhuman, are attracted to images of ideal human beauty, characterized by this figure’s enlarged head, intricate hairstyle and beard, elongated neck and scarification. The wilderness spirit may partner with a male or female by possessing and placing the diviner in a trance state. The spirit can then communicate remedies for personal or community misfortune to the diviner.

Female Spirit Mask, African, Punu peoples, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 19th century. Wood and pigment, 10 x 6 ½ x 6 ½ inches. Worldly, wise and peaceful, this beautiful mask with its elaborate coiffure and scarification captures the idealized beauty of a mature Punu woman. It is an outstanding example of masks of this type, which would have appeared in masquerades during funeral celebrations to represent a young woman’s spirit. Applications of white kaolin clay were associated with the spiritual realm to depict female and male ancestral spirits.

Personal Shrine Figure, African, Igbo peoples, Nigeria, ca. 1900. Wood and pigment, 29 ½ x 9 ¾ x 10 ¼ inches. This masterfully carved personal shrine figure is one of the most important Igbo ikenga figures, or those dedicated to male power and achievement. Rams’ horns symbolize male aggression and determination, and the curved sword symbolizes decisive action. The eagles and python-reigning creatures of sky and water allude to supreme achievement in life, including military endeavors. Human trophy heads symbolize military success, and European pith helmets on the trophy heads express continuing power despite the challenges of colonial rule

Seated Female Figure, African, Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, early 20th century. Wood, 14 ½ inches. This serenely composed figure, adorned with armlets and waistbeads, displays the idealized traits of a Baule spirit wife: an elegant coiffure, beautifying scarification and filed incisors. According to customary beliefs, all men and women have other-world mates with powers to influence their human partners’ lives. Sculptural representations of one’s spirit spouse could be commissioned for a shrine situated in the privacy of one’s sleeping room.

Royal Staff Finial, African, Kongo Kingdom, Yombe peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 17th – 18th century. Ivory with palm oil, 7 7/8 x 2 ¾ x 1 ½ inches. The ivory figure, half female and half leopard, appears to represent a founding ancestress of the Yombe. The royal woman holds two gourds that may contain potent medicines associated with rulers’ occult powers. The snarling leopard with its serpent-headed forepaws is a fearsome representation of royal authority and military prowess. Two spiraled staffs flanking the leopard may be royal mvwala staffs drawing power from the earth and ancestral dead. Ivory and the warm, red tone of this figure, achieved through the application of red palm oil, represent powerful spiritual forces.