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Beautify, sculpt, and adorn your long hair with Spellstone hand carved hair sticks designed by Alex Morgan. These are hand carved in Viet Nam of domestic black water buffalo horn, some with abalone inlay. The hair sticks are about 7" ( 16 cm) long depending on design. They will arrive in a gift box, ready to present to someone you love, or as a gift to yourself for a special occasion. Every one has a blessing implicit in the design. Spellstone hair sticks are designed and crafted exclusively for Mehandi.com!	Click shopping cart buttons below to order. We ship via Priority mail for larger items, and surface mail for samples. Shipping charges are approximate, based on weight. If you order several items, we'll refund any excess postage! Additional shipping charges may be due for shipping outside of USA. If your your order doesn't include enough postage for the shipment, we'll send you a bill. When you pay the postage, we'll ship your order. Ordering more than one item, or from outside the USA and want us to send you an invoice? Email your shopping list to Mehandi and we'll send you a Paypal Invoice with the correct shipping amount. Remember to tell us your paypal email address and correct shipping address! If you are purchasing from us, please click here! TapDancing Lizard LLC will appear on your credit card statement. Mehandi.com is part of TapDancing Lizard LLC. We recommend that you purchase insurance for your package: $1.50 in the USA
Octopus: Symbol of Mystery and Emotion Octopus can change its shape to fit through the smallest opening. It lives in the deep watery realm of emotion, and brings dexterity and the ability to adapt. Octopus will help you see your way through murky emotional situations. Octiva (the octopus) black horn hair ornament = $25.99 #7141	Arabesque: A Blossom in the Garden of Paradise The garden of paradise holds peace and abundance, as well as the knowledge of good and evil, wisdom and language. The blossom symbolizes the potential for new growth, new wonders, new knowledge. Arabesque black horn hair ornament = $25.99 #7123
Goewin: Welsh mythological figure Goewin brings assistance when it’s needed, and helps transform negative experiences into positive outcomes. Goewin black horn hair ornament with abalone inlay = $25.99 #7127	Cat: Play, Delight and Stealth Cat can be completely absorbed and delighted with a speck of dust floating in a sunbeam. Or it can sneak up on its target and surprise it into submission. Cat is the symbol of the ability to play, but with a serious purpose Kitty black horn hair ornament = $25.99 #7131 ON SPECIAL $19.49
Bellona: Warrior Goddess She embodies military virtues - loyalty, valor, discipline – and the strength to fight whatever battles come your way. Bellona black horn hair ornament = $25.99 #7125	Lotus Flower: Purity and Enlightenment Lotus is rooted in mud, and rises through murky water to blossom in the sun, releasing perfume into the air. Thus it symbolizes the journey to realization of your natural enlightened state, beyond illusions of limitation and separateness. Lotus Flower black horn hair ornament = $25.99 #7135

About Water Buffalo Horn

Water buffaloes are domestic farm animals across Asia. They are loved as a working member of the family and valued as a tractor or family car. Water buffaloes are never killed or harmed to just harvest their horns. When a farmer's water buffalo dies at the end of a long and productive life, all parts, including the horns, are harvested and put to good use so nothing is ever wasted.

In the Odyssey, polished horn is symbolic: true dreams and visions pass through gates of polished horn (book 19, lines 560-569)

Ξειν’, ἦ τοι μὲν ὄνειροι ἀμήχανοι ἀκριτόμυθοι

γίγνοντ’, οὐδέ τι πάντα τελείεται ἀνθρώποισι.

δοιαὶ γάρ τε πύλαι ἀμενηνῶν εἰσὶν ὀνείρων·

αἱ μὲν γὰρ κεράεσσι τετεύχαται, αἱ δ' ἐλέφαντι,

τῶν οἳ μέν κ’ ἔλθωσι διὰ πριστοῦ ἐλέφαντος,

οἵ ῥ’ ἐλεφαίρονται, ἔπε’ ἀκράαντα φέροντες·

οἱ δὲ διὰ ξεστῶν κεράων ἔλθωσι θύραζε,

οἵ ῥ’ ἔτυμα κραίνουσι, βροτῶν ὅτε κέν τις ἴδηται.

ἀλλ’ ἐμοὶ οὐκ ἐντεῦθεν ὀΐομαι αἰνὸν ὄνειρον

ἐλθέμεν·

Stranger, dreams verily are baffling and unclear of meaning, and in no wise do they find fulfilment in all things for men. For two are the gates of shadowy dreams, and one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those dreams that pass through the gate of sawn ivory deceive men, bringing words that find no fulfilment. But those that come forth through the gate of polished horn bring true issues to pass, when any mortal sees them ...

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These ornaments are Spellstone designs
by Alex Morgan exclusively for Mehandi.com