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Sacramento's
World Import, Tribal
Art, Jewelry & Fair Trade Store & Gallery offering items from over 100 countries Purveyors of Museum Quality Imports Welcome to the name sake island (Zanzibar) which for centuries stood as a bastion of commerce and culture, a trading crossroads to half the known world. Welcome, to Zanzibar Trading Company & Zanzibar Tribal Art Gallery located in Sacramento, California. This website is primarily an information website, to purchase online, visit www.Zanzibar-Trading.com |
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Sacramento's Largest Selection of Fairly Traded Gifts! Here at Zanzibar Trading Company, we traverse the world over to bring back to our clientele fantastic finds in fairly traded native handicrafts, tribal artifacts, African and Asian art, the finest sterling silver and semi-precious stone jewelry and exotic elements for your home and gift giving. In addition to handicraft, we represent over three dozen published, museum collected and world famous artisans. We bring the World to Sacramento! Our basic philosophy: Better, not cheaper, for the good of all people and the planet. We're not your typical import store - we do carry handicraft but we also carry many world-class museum quality pieces of artwork from famous, published artisans as well. In our gallery, every item has a story - and we know all of the artisans. So come in, browse and ask us what something is - where it comes from - or who made it!
Located in the heart of midtown Sacramento, at the corner of 18th and L Streets, Zanzibar's retail gallery offers over 9,000 fairly traded items from over 100 countries!...only a fraction of which is online. We particularly pride ourselves in our dedication to authenticity, fair trade, and the very highest quality merchandise possible. From Africa to India, Papua New Guinea to Peru, our gallery offers a virtual market bazaar. All of our pieces are hand-picked, with as many purchased directly from the artisans as possible. No child labor, no factory produced pieces - ever!
Zanzibar, Sacramento's premier FAIR TRADE IMPORT store & gallery is dedicated to only carrying sustainably produced and fairly traded items. To learn more, visit our pages on what is fair trade?
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Zanzibar features wood carvings by Oaxacan Carver Eleazar Morales in our gallery. We are proud to carry his beautiful carvings. VISIT our gallery for best selection, or learn more about this talented young artisan by clicking here. __________________________________________ FEATURED PRODUCTS & NEW SHIPMENTS ___________________________________________ HUGE SHIPMENT of Talavera & Majolica Pottery from Mexico
Zanzibar offers one of Sacramento's largest selections of Mexican Talavera Pots and pottery!
___________________________________________ TURQUOISE JEWELRY we've just received a shipment of beautiful turquoise jewelry featuring mostly American Southwest Jewelry from Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada, all set into stunning sterling silver settings. Bracelets, earrings, and necklaces!
Turquoise is becoming very difficult to source, and we've found some beautifully matched pieces and had our artisans in Jaipur, India set them with some amazing results. Visit our gallery for the full selection!
___________________________________________ Neoprene Coasters Featuring dozens of designs such as Day of the Dead, Posada, Mexican Wrestlers, Loteria, Classic Mexican Horror Movie Posters, Mexican Calendar Girls, Religious Icons, Hindu Gods, Frida Kahlo and More!
___________________________________________ RECYCLED MAGAZINE & CALENDAR BEAD NECKLACES
___________________________________________ Fairly Traded Maasai Beaded Bracelets from Kenya
After several months of not being able to source our popular beaded wire bracelets made by a Maasai women's cooperative, we've finally received a shipment. Bold, colorful hand blown Czech glass beads are beaded onto wires for these fun cuffs. We also have beaded bangles and "elephant hair bracelets" (made from grass - NOT elephant hair!!). Sustainable handicrafts such as these allow the Maasai to maintain a migratory lifestyle, following the rains with their animals and allows them some income in order to keep them from settling into reserves as the Kenyan government wishes. ___________________________________________ Wood Carvings by Master Carver Eleazar Morales from Oaxaca, Mexico
___________________________________________ Aguilar Sister's Clay Figures from Oaxaca, Mexico
Josefina Aguilar's Figures
Guillermina Aguilar Alcantara's Figures
...plus other pieces by other family members such as Jose Juan Aguilar (above piece and others), Demetrio Aguilar and others! Visit our gallery for more pictures! _________________________________________ BRASS & BRONZE STATUARY FROM INDIA
_________________________________________ Traditional black pottery from Oaxaca, Mexico
___________________________________________ Fine quality articulated good fortune goldfish
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_________________________________________ Oaxacan Woodcarvings Josh and Scott just returned from 9 days in Oaxaca, Mexico with tons of new items - with much more due to be shipped in the next few weeks...
___________________________________________ JADE BANGLES
We've just recently received a large shipment of beautiful and affordable JADE BANGLES. Now, as you know, JADE can range in price up into the thousands of dollars, however Josh made a great buy on beautiful jade bangles that normally sell for $125 - $300 - and ours are specially priced UNDER $20!!! Come in today for best selection! These are NATURAL and have not been color enhanced and they are real jade! _________________________________________
ALL THE ABOVE MIRRORS ARE 5-7" tall and sell for $12!!!! LARGER SIZES & MANY OTHER STYLES IN OUR STORE! _________________________________________ FUN PRODUCTS THAT WE CARRY IN OUR GALLERY: Vintage/Antique Batik Resin Bangle Bracelets
Strips of vintage and antique hand printed batik fabric is fused between non-toxic resin to make these unique, one-of-a-kind bangle bracelets! Hand crafted by a women's group in Bali, Indonesia. With so many cheap plastic bangles on the market being made in China using toxic lead based paints, these are 100% toxic free and safe to wear as well as lovely to look at! _________________________________________ Color Changing Bead Bracelets
A few years ago a friend of ours came up with the idea of color changing (mood) beads. We sold her Mirage beads for many years and now she's improved on their design, taking unique paper mache beads and coating them with a non-toxic temperature sensitive liquid crystal that caused the bracelets to change color constantly while being worn! You have to put them on to believe them! _________________________________________ Hand carved Kissing Lovers from Bali, Indonia
Many unique designs to choose from - each one will come in a heart-shaped bag! Just the perfect small token of your love for this Valentines day! Priced under $10 _________________________________________
___________________________________________ Baltic Amber from Poland we just received a HUGE shipment of earrings, bracelets, pendants, necklaces and more!
___________________________________________ KOREAN CELADON POTTERY SHIPMENT
___________________________________________ Egyptian hand blown Glass Perfume Bottles
___________________________________________ Monkey Biz Rubber Dolls called made from old rubber tires by HIV+ women in S. Africa
They are soooo cute! You have to see them! ___________________________________________ BRASS & BRONZE STATUARY FROM INDIA
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___________________________________________ Copper Animal Pins / Broochs
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___________________________________________ Master Quality Reverse Glass Painted Snuff Bottles
___________________________________________ FEATURED PRODUCT Recovered Olivewood Salt Pots
___________________________________________ Hand Woven Shawls, Scarves & Throws from India - Huge selection!
___________________________________________ NEW SHIPMENT OF JIMENEZ RETABLOS
Retablos by Claudio Jimenez Quispe __________________________________________ Original Jewelry by northern California artist Bob (Robert) Burkett click on photos and scroll to bottom to see NEW pieces!
The above pieces (and more at our gallery) are crafted in the Japanese Shibuichi technique (using a lost wax casting technique where 1/5th silver and 4/5ths copper is used to produce amazingly fine details). Bob is a world-recognized jewelry maker and is considered "the number one bead maker in the USA". Highly collectable, his pieces are versatile and affordable while being unique, one-of-a-kind pieces. Learn more: Bob Burkett original jewelry ___________________________________________ Pineapple Pots by Great Master of Mexican Folk Art Hilario Alejos Madrigal
Pineapple Pots by Great Master of Mexican Folk Art Neftali Ayungua Suarez
___________________________________________ Day of the Dead Figures from Mexico
___________________________________________ We've just received a shipment of Mexican Talavera Pottery (mostly animals such as frogs, lizards, suns, etc. - not many plant pots) Including lots of long awaited Ginger Jars!
Many to choose from! Visit our store for entire selection
Talavera Tile hand painted Virgin de Guadalupe Tile Mosaic ___________________________________________ JADE BANGLES
Hand carved boxwood ojime, netsuke & Inro Boxes
___________________________________________ Evil Eye pendants, bracelets & wall hangings from Turkey
___________________________________________ Mexican Day of the Dead Figures
___________________________________________ Recycled Glass Hearts from Ghana, Africa
___________________________________________ Kenyan Soapstone after months of waiting (because of challenges getting anything out of Kenya) we've received a large shipment of Kenyan Soapstone animals, boxes & hearts, plus woodcarvings, beaded animals and many other items!
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from Monkeybiz cooperative in South Africa
___________________________________________ Shona Sculpture from Zimbabwe
___________________________________________ Recycled Wire Earrings from Kenya
___________________________________________ Hand Woven Shawls from India
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RECYCLED FLIP FLOP ANIMALS FROM KENYA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alpaca Scarves from Peru
These incredibly soft scarves are so soft! Visit our gallery for the best selection. Assorted colors.
lots of pendants, earrings & bracelets! RARE Gaspeite, Kyanite and other stones!
__________________________________________ Safari Babies hand knit animals made by a women's group in Kenya
__________________________________________ Korean Celadon Pottery
__________________________________________ Bronze Statuary from India
__________________________________________ Beaded Animals from Kenya
__________________________________________ Antique Tibetan Singing Bowls
__________________________________________ Carved Soapstone & Verdite Boxes from Vietnam
__________________________________________ Australian OPAL JEWELRY
Zanzibar is proud to offer one of Sacramento's largest selections of Australian Opal Jewelry. We just received our largest shipment EVER of fantastic NATURAL spectacular Opal Pendants, Earrings and Bracelets. Set in sterling silver and gold, these one of a kind beauties are all hand picked by us. Affordable earrings starting at only $40 and up! Pendants in the $50 range and up! __________________________________________ One of a kind Jewelry
__________________________________________ Peruvian & Nicaraguan Pottery
__________________________________________ Handmade Ceramics from Africa
African Bottle cap Key chains
___________________________________________ Coconut Masks from Mexico
Animals, fruits, suns, mermaids and much more created using coconuts, seed pods, clay and paint. From two family workshops in Guerrero State in Mexico. ___________________________________________ Nichos from Mexico
above: "God created kissing - the Devil created the rest" & "I'm no virgin, but I perform miracles" ___________________________________________ Baltic Amber Jewelry from Poland
___________________________________________ Contemporary Nepalese Singing Bowls
___________________________________________ Hand woven Merino wool & viscose shawls & scarves from India
___________________________________________ Original clay figures by Jose Juan Garcia Aguilar (son of Josefina)
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___________________________________________ Unique Ethnographic Horns, Shells, Pigs Tusk Ornaments & Currency from Oceania
___________________________________________ Hand painted Pottery from Poland, this Polish Pottery is functional
__________________________________________ Hand printed silk scarves from Turkey
__________________________________________ Touchstone Pendants from New Zealand
one of a kind, hand carved pendants from New Zealand that benefit Maori beach and waterway conservation & restoration programs. Visit our gallery to choose yours! Nichos from Mexico
__________________________________________ FAIRLY TRADED JEWELRY
Zanzibar offers one of the largest selections of fine quality, handmade and fairly traded semi-precious gem, Baltic amber opal and sterling silver jewelry collections in northern California. Earrings, bracelets, necklaces, pendants and chains - visit our Sacramento Gallery for an ever-changing selection. From under $10 to over $4,000.00 we have just a huge selection. Baltic Amber, Garnet, Moonstone, Labrodorite, Citrine, Carnelian, Peridot, Amethyst, Opal, Onyx, Tourmaline, Blue & Lemon Topaz, Pearls, Turquoise, Coral, Kyanite, multi-colored sapphires, emeralds, rubies, Australian Opals and many other difficult to find stones. Rough cut yellow diamond bangles and wedding jewelry. We also carry a large selection of tribal and vintage and antique tribal jewelry. __________________________________________
MICRO LOAN PROGRAMS _______________________________________ Zanzibar is dedicated to only carrying sustainably produced and fairly traded items. To learn more, visit our pages on what is fair trade? ____________________________________________ BILL CLINTON ON FAIR TRADE Did you catch Bill Clinton talking to Martha Stewart about Fair Trade? Click on the photo below to watch it!
____________________________________________ Want to purchase online via our secure shopping cart? Visit our retail website at: OR CLICK ON PRODUCTS TO THE UPPER LEFT OF THIS PAGE While what we offer online is only a TINY fraction of what we sell, you can get a good idea of the quality and variety we offer by going to this website. You may also wish to visit our photo gallery to see pictures of our gallery. _______________________________________
Mexican Tin Nichos _______________________________________ Helping Preserve the last 700 Mountain Gorillas in Africa
______________________________________ We've just acquired a large private collection of spectacular old Dan Masks from Africa - shown by appointment _______________________________________ Sapphires, Emeralds & Rubies! We've just received a shipment of our hand-picked exceptional quality, all-natural (no heat treating, color enhancements or irradiation) Sapphires, Multi-colored sapphires, Black Diamonds, Emeralds, Rubies and Tourmaline Necklaces, earrings and Jewelry. Shown by appointment.
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Zanzibar features pottery by Dona Sofia in our gallery. She has outlived her three children and now works with her granddaughter and grandson-in-law. We are proud to carry her beautiful pottery pieces. _______________________________________ New Ireland / New Britain Papua New Guinea Funeral Masks & Fire Masks including Baining (aka Baning, Banning, Bining) Fire Masks, Malanggan (aka Malangan) Tatanua Funeral masks
We've acquired a large private collection of these incredibly rare and not-often seen regalia and masks. shown by appointment only ___________________________________________ Why did we name our gallery Zanzibar? Good question. Zanzibar is actually an island off the east coast of Africa and the country of Tanzania which it is officially a part of. Today Zanzibar (and its northern island neighbor, Pemba) are known for tourism and beaches as well as its old stone town. For thousands of years Zanzibar has been a trading center for spices, wood, dried fish, salt - just about everything you can imagine. Arabs, Persians, West Indians, Chinese and even Europeans (Portuguese especially) have traded here for hundreds of years. While the spices, especially cloves, were locally grown, most of the other items traded for were from other places. The coastal Swahili language, in part a trading language, evolved here. Thus Zanzibar was more of a trading Mecca - where one could find things from many different lands - thus we named our gallery Zanzibar since we currently have items from over 90 different countries (and while we have stuff from Tanzania, we don't actually have anything from Zanzibar!) _______________________________________ FEATURED ARTISAN _______________________________________ semi-precious stone jewelry, nativities and crèches, day of the dead figures, dia de los muertos skulls and altars, Jimenez retablos, Mexican Catrina skeletons, African masks, recycled silk yarns, custom Egyptian cartouches, African Ghana Bolga Baskets, , South African Zulu Baskets, Tingsha, Mudcloth and other African textiles, pampering personal care products, stock mask stands, and custom mask stands, wood print blocks, Talavera Pottery from Mexico. You can also visit our sister websites (both works in progress): For Indian Print blocks : www.woodprintblocks.com For collector & museum quality African masks: www.kinyago.com
MEDIA & ARTICLES SEE OUR FEATURED JEWELRY IN sierrastyle's
As of May 2008 this necklace is available - call or visit our gallery for more information!
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Majolica hand painted food safe plates, platters, dishes & bowls from Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Recycled paper & magazine bead jewelry from Africa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Original Jewelry by Israeli Artisans from Kibbutz Beit-Nir ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Retablo figures by the Jimenez family of Peru ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
South African Zulu Telephone Wire Baskets ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dias de los Muertos "the Day of the Dead" Skulls, Figures, Skeletons, Retablos & Catrinas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Original Jewelry by northern California artist Bob (Robert) Burkett ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hand carved boxwood ojime, netsuke & Inro Boxes
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hand carved wooden gorillas from Uganda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We're proud to offer one of Sacramento's largest selections of Australian Opal Jewelry - October's Birthstone is Opal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beaded Animals from Africa including Kenya and South Africa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hand blown Egyptian Perfume Bottles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nichos & Other Mexican Folk Art ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Ostrich Shell Bracelets crafted by the Bushmen (San) people ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sustainably harvested Olivewood Bowls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Dias de los Muertos "the Day of the Dead" Skulls, Figures, Retablos & Catrinas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Neolithic arrowheads, spear points & tools ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Josefina Aguilar Clay Figures from Oaxaca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Olivewood Hearts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wooden Print Blocks from India, Nepal, & Indonesia. These wood stamps are great for paper, fabric, wallpaper, textile and clay and ceramic printing or impressing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hand carved recovered (sustainable) Wood Salad Server Sets
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Mexican Tin & Metal Retablos & Ex-votos Icon Paintings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Nicaraguan Pottery from the village of San Juan de Oriente ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Finest Quality Tibetan, Nepalese & Indian Tingsha Hand Cymbals and Chimes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Master Quality Reverse Glass Painted Snuff Bottles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wounaan and Embera baskets from the rainforests of Panama ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sustainably harvested Ironwood carvings from Mexico
Pacifica brand candles
Nepalese & Indian Bronze & Copper Lost Wax Gold Gilded Statuary
Tongan Plateau Winnowing Baskets from Zimbabwe & Zambia, Africa
Peruvian Chulucanas Pottery
Little Chanchitos Handmade Clay pigs with three legs from Chile ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Asian Teapots, Tea Sets, Tea Cups & Sake Sets from Japan, Korea & China in ceramic and wrought iron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
African & Tribal Jewelry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nag Champa Incense ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pre de Provence European French Milled Soaps, Hand Creams & Shea Butter products
Shiva Lingham Stones
Tibetan Buddhist Ritual Items including Phurbas, Bells, Dorjes, and Tantric items
African & Tribal Beaded Jewelry
Chinese Terracotta Warriors
Korean Hand Painted Scrolls & Screens
Ugandan African Baskets
Coconut Masks from Mexico
Gorky Gonzalez Majolica Pottery
Mexican Dance Masks
Hmong Embroidered Teddy Bears
Mexican Devil/Diablo Masks
Stone Statuary, Buddha & Kwan Yin Heads ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Zanzibar Gallery retail gallery NOW OPEN! 1731 L Street (corner of 18th & L in Midtown) Sacramento, CA 95811 (916) 443-5601 (916) 443-2057
Regular Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 11am-6pm Sat 10am - 6pm Sun 10am - 3pm 2nd Sat 10am - 9/10pm* *if it's slow we sometimes close early Private Appointments Available - ask! GET A MAP OR DIRECTIONS TO OUR GALLERY visit our retail website: Sacramento African art, Jewelry & Import Store ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Semi Precious Stone & Sterling Silver Jewelry
South African Zulu ilala palm Baskets
South African Zulu Telephone Wire Baskets
Hand woven Indian Jamavar Jacquard Loomed Shawls from Rajasthan & Kashmir
Fairly Traded Jewelry Sacramento's largest selection of: Amber, Amethyst, Carnelian, Citrine, Coral, Garnet, Kyanite, Labradorite, Moonstone, Onyx, Opals, Pearl, Peridot, Rubies, Sterling Silver, Topaz, Turquoise and other semi-precious stone jewelry
Custom Egyptian Cartouche Pendants in Sterling Silver and Gold direct from Egypt with your name!
Bronze Statuary from India, Nepal Thailand & Tibet. Largest selection of the finest quality Hindu and Buddhist Bronze God & Goddess Statues in Sacramento. Bronze Statues of Buddha, Laxmi, Ganesh, Hanuman, Quan Yin and many others.
Nippon Kodo brand Japanese fine Incense
Oaxacan Wood carvings and paper mache
sustainably harvested decorative Capiz shell lotus tea light burners
Votivo Candles including Red Currant
Himalayan Quartz Crystal Buddhas, Stupas, Dorjes, Phurbas, Ganesh & Linghams
Recycled Silk Scarves, Silk Scarves, Wool Shawls, Indian Wedding Shawls & Saris, Cotton scarves
For the person who has everything - hand crafted & blown glass earth globes by Lundberg studios
African cloth dolls & Fertility dolls
Safari Babies - Hand Knit Woven Animals from Kenya, Africa
Soapstone Hearts from Kenya
Hand painted South African Taper Candles
Tagua Nut Carvings from Ecuador
Amazing Mexican Folkart by Tomas Castillo
Hearts for Valentines Day Gifts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Colombian Saints & Marys
African, Papua New Guinea & Other Tribal Shields, Spears, Arrows and Weapons
Contemporary Tang Dynasty Horses
Pacifica Brand Soaps
Guatemalan Masks
Museum Quality Tagua Nut Carvings from Panama
Adhesive Indian Bindis
Mexican Huichol Beaded Jaguar Heads, Bowls & Figures
Turquoise Jewelry
Nepalese Wooden Masks featuring Snow Lions, Garuda, Buddhas, Ganesh, Birab, protective demons & more!
Tetsubin Japanese Cast Iron & Ceramic Teapots & Tea Kettles
Mexican Papel Picado - tissue paper banners from Mexico - Sacramento's Largest selection!
Hand carved Rosewood Bases & Trivets
Stock & Custom Metal Mask Stands, Stand for African Masks
Seasonally we offer live orchid plants in bloom Did you see the Sacramento Bee article that featured our business? Click here to read the article Sacramento importers feel sting of global economy
Zanzibar Trading is proud to be sponsors of:
Buddha Face Panels from Thailand
March's Birthstone AQUAMARINE JEWELRY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
January's
Birthstone
February's Birthstone AMETHYST JEWELRY
June's Birthstone MOONSTONE or PEARL JEWELRY
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Paper Mache Skeletons by Andres: Jose Andres Chavez Morales ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mexican Sugar Skull Molds & Supplies for Making Sugar Skulls for Days of the Dead
Holiday Nativities & Christmas Ornaments from around the World
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