girl gifts

By the Jalapa Girl Jewelsmiths of Guatemala, this pendant necklace makes the perfect gift for the loved ones in your life. A stone of natural rose quartz combines with a fine silver pendant that reads "Loved" on one one side and "Amado" on the other. The pendant centers a length of brown leather cord, which closes with a silver clasp accented with a charm. The artisan stamps her finger print on the charm.

Jalapa Girl Jewelsmiths is an organization dedicated to providing local girls with mentorship and artisanal skills during their formative years.

Clad in a dress that hugs her graceful figure, a young woman wears her hair in an elabourate up-do. Daniel Nyadedzor carves a doll seen mostly among Ghana's Akan people, where a young man makes it a gift to the girl he hopes to marry.

Ornate repoussé covers the forehead and smooth cheeks of an adolescent girl, beautifully depicted in a sese wood mask. Perched on the head, a bird reaches a slender beak to caress the girl's nose. Designed by Evelyn Kafui Ahianyo, it is named Onuma, Akan for "Bird." A gift presented to Akan women in eastern Ghana during a girl's puberty rites, it affirms the suitor's commitment during courtship. "Apart from its decorative purposes, this piece gives the possessor an assurance of a blissful courtship leading to marriage," the artisan affirms.

Featuring a braided brown leather cord, this Guatemalan wristband bracelet speaks of the many miles walked during a lifetime. A single circular charm made from fine silver hangs from it, molded with care by the artisans at Chicas Joyeras de Jalapa, a group of women who work together to achieve economic empowerment.

Marked with the artisan's fingerprints, these heart-shaped stud earrings are created by a member of Guatemala's Jalapa Girl Jewelsmiths. Each earring is crafted from fine silver that gleams in the light.

Crafted of fine silver, a rectangular pendant features the relief image of a heart with finger print motifs. The Jalapa Girl Jewelsmiths of Guatemala create this loving accessory, circling the wrist with several lengths of red cord. It closes with a silver clasp.

Peruvian artisan Maritza Pacori invites you to add this elegant shawl to your wardrobe. Woven from sumptuously soft 100% alpaca wool, this shawl features geometric diamond patterns in hues of azure and smoke. Long, elegant fringes, complete this cold weather shawl at each end.

With a face like the full moon, this beautiful mask depicts an Akuaba, an Akan word for the child of Akua, a girl born on Wednesday. The term also signifies a doll. Walter Kuma carves the symmetrical features, bright eyes and full lips. "I want people to believe in whatever they do and hope for success in the future," he says.

The mask is displayed on an iron stand.

This splendid jewelry box recognizes the omnipresence of god through gye nyame, the Adinkra symbol on the lid that means, "I am afraid of none except God." Deeply symbolic, Madam Adwoa has calls the box Effia, the name given to a baby girl born on a Friday. Madam Adwoa and the artisans at her workshop, Onyame Akwan Dooso, carve the sika adaka (jewelry box) from sese wood with hand-made tools. Once the desired shape has been achieved, it is delicately carved with traditional patterns and protected with mansion polish.

Radiant drops will transform your ensembles into an ethereal fashion statement thanks to an exquisite creation by Griya Suarningsih. The Balinese artisan works with high-polished sterling silver pieces to create these dangle earrings, whose luminous light captivates the eye with a celestial sensation.

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A mysterious queen drifts away to dreamland, depicted in a superb necklace by Buana. Carved by hand of polished bone, the girl is encircled by sterling flowers.

.925 Sterling silver