Butterfly Balsa Wood Earrings with Achira Bead - made by artisan from the Peruvian Amazon
These whimsical earrings feature a brown spotted butterfly carved from lightweight balsa wood. Each earring is adorned with a black achira seed bead.
These earrings are made by an expert artisan from Iquitos who has worked with the Center for Amazon Community Ecology for ten years. The French hooks are made with non-allergenic material.
Please remember that these handmade crafts may vary from the photos shown.
Model: ARM10I005
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Amazon forest loss is driving species to extinction, aggravating global warming, and robbing people of unique medicines, foods and other benefits. Cutting and burning forests is often more profitable than conserving them, so some native communities in northern Peru have illegally logged and grown coca and other cash-crops to escape poverty.
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