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Sixteen face pendants, mostly carved nut hulls (different types of walnut*). All to the same scale; smallest is about 7/8 inch, largest 1-1/4 inch. The last one is made from a eucalyptus seed pod; it has glass eyes, wood teeth, a brass cord tunnel, and glass rattle beads trapped by a wood back. Some of the others have glass eyes and other neat little details.

There is a really large version downloadable.

And I've uploaded a view of the back of #6, which is ornate: [link]

*One person told me the black nuts (9 & 14) are kukui nuts (Aleurites moluccana), also called candlenuts, but most of the online pictures of kukui nuts I've looked at seem much rounder and smoother than these.

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:icontico-machi:
These faces are great, I love the whole tiki feel to it.

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:iconcorvidae65:
Cool! Hallowe'en in a nutshell :D #6 and #13 are my favorites :nod:

Excellent work, Don! :+fav:

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:iconmarcusstratus:
aye, these are indeed great :D did you make them to sell or what?

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:iconbladedancer190:
I like the nut in number 8. 13 has a really cool design as well, though they are all quite well done.

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:iconpesire:
i lve nr. 13 and 1, great work:clap:

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OHMYGOD it's a NARWHAL!
nooooo...narwhal!
narwhal of death,
.....it's gonna kill us!
:iconjenacide:
These would make great jewelry, good work :)

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:iconmetalpug:
These remind me of pumpkins and Hallowe'en, my favorite holiday!

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:iconrmandac:
wow. Freaky little nuts. lol!!!

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:icondonsimpson:
Yes I make them to sell, and at this point (10 May 08) five of them have sold.

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