new year's necklace

You'll gasp when you see the pendant on this necklace up close. Encrusted with a dazzling array of rubies in decorative prong settings, the pendant shimmers with rhodium-plated sterling silver accents. Indian artisans suspend the hand crafted pendant from a rhodium-plated cable chain.

Carved by hand, a pendant of ebony wood reveals abstract motifs. It centers a beaded necklace of ceramic, sese wood and batik on bone. The colorful disks are recycled plastic. The Ghanaian designer names this design Zulukuri, which means "Naming Ceremony" in the Mossi language of Northern Ghana. "Celebrate the birth of all things new with this beautiful necklace," he says.