Wealth among the tribes in Africa is measured by the amount of cattle one owns.  When a cow is slaughtered, nothing goes to waste. The cow bone is boiled for hours until it forms into a very hard carving surface, then it is “batiked” by melting wax on the white bone and dipping it or stenciling it into dark brown dye.

The earrings shown come from Ilkinye Village in the Masai Mara, Kenya.