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Product Features:
- Gecko is handmade in Haiti from recycled oil drums
- Metal art-piece includes small hook for hanging
- Reptilian sculpture is painted with bright colorful design inspired by local Haitian culture
- Gecko measures eight inches long
Caribbean Craft promotes employment in Haiti by training unskilled but often highly gifted craftspeople, and by assisting the independent artisans through the introduction of new designs and new market outlets. Unemployment in Haiti, the poorest country of the American hemisphere, is variously estimated at between 60 and 80 percent. The organization has gone through rough times during the past years, marked by political troubles and economic difficulties including a three year long embargo on all Haitian exports. Caribbean Craft currently employs 400 artisans either as salaried employees or outside contractors, with roughly equal numbers of men and women. Their specialty is the brightly colored, artistically hand-painted home décor objects, which can be purely decorative, such as wall hangings , or consist of objects useful in the home, like switch plates and magnets. The natural artistic talents of the Haitians are well known, and many of these hand-painted pieces are truly works of art.
What is Worldstock?
The handcrafted nature of this product will produce minor differences in design and sizing. Subtle variations will occur from piece to piece, adding to its unique qualities. Measurements may vary slightly.
Imported
WARNING: Attention California residents: This product contains lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.
- Dimensions:
- 8 inches
- Materials:
- painted tin
- Model No:
- HMDBG99_1_515005
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Customer Reviews
Overall Rating: 4.3
I have about 50 different Gecko's from all over the world at my home in AZ....They just fit in there....Got them inside and outside around the pool,etc......The ones I got from Overstock just were a bit nicer than same type from other sorces....Nicely made and nice bright colors....They really jump out at you....Good buy if you like this kind of hand made arty stuff.....I sure do.
The object is beautiful. I am very pleased with it. Shipping was very good.
Cute small item. Thin metal, but painted so that it's a colorful ornament for our new pool area. I was trying to match a painted pottery one that my daughter brought back as a gift from Mexico, and this did.
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