Global art to go.Feel good about purchases on Novica. com, where holiday gift-giving directly supports the livelihoods of indigenous artists and artisans in developing countries around the world. In association with National Geographic, Novica serves as an online arts agent for more than 1,700 artists producing masks, weavings, oil paintings, carvings, jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. , hand-sewn clothing and a host of items for the home. Online shoppers can peruse pe·ruse tr.v. pe·rused, pe·rus·ing, pe·rus·es To read or examine, typically with great care. [Middle English perusen, to use up : Latin per-, per- photographs of 8,500 items for sale, and read about the artists who created each piece. Choose among ornately carved chess sets from Bali, lacquered lac·quer n. 1. Any of various clear or colored synthetic coatings made by dissolving nitrocellulose or other cellulose derivatives together with plasticizers and pigments in a mixture of volatile solvents and used to impart a high gloss to boxes from Thailand, pashmina pash·mi·na n. 1. Fine, downy wool growing beneath the outer hair of feral Himalayan goats. 2. A soft fabric made of this wool. [Persian pashm shawls from India and Ashanti throne stools from Ghana. Artists set their own prices, and the items are packaged and shipped from overseas Novica offices. CONTACT: Novica, (877)266-8422, www.novica.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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