Bone Pendant - Frog on a Leaf

This lovely pendant features a small frog who gently purchases on a leaf, all carved from cow bone. When suspended on a cord, the downward pointing notches in the leaf echo the upward carving of the frog's front legs. Hand carved in the village of Tampaksiring, Bali.

All of our bone products are carved from cow bone, or in Bali known as water buffalo. In Indonesia, as in other tropical lands, the water buffalo is critical to farmers: it provides milk, it is a "living tractor” that plows rice paddies, and is prized by families. When a water buffalo dies, no part of it is wasted: in addition to providing beef to the family, the bones are cured and then carved by talented craft artists. The delicacy of this work reflects difficult hand skills that are passed from generation to generation. 

Approximately 2" L x 1" W.