Wood Carving 2 Owls Key Holder
SKU:
C3-4151020
¥5,980
¥5,980
per item
About the Product
The adorable wood carving 2 Owls Key Holder won't let you spend one more minute searching for your keys! Carved out of Japanese Pagoda wood and the paler-colored Hokkaido Yew wood, craftspeople utilizing traditional Ainu carving methods hand-carve each piece at a family workshop in the remote region of Eastern Hokkaido.
Every Key Holder is sculpted from one piece of wood and decorated with two cute Ural owls sitting in an oak tree. The Ural owl is locally known as Ezo Fukuro, a friendly & protective owl in indigenous Ainu culture. There are three pegs from where to hang your keys.
To make it even more unique you can have your name or a message engraved on the back - making it a very special gift or personal memento.
The adorable wood carving 2 Owls Key Holder won't let you spend one more minute searching for your keys! Carved out of Japanese Pagoda wood and the paler-colored Hokkaido Yew wood, craftspeople utilizing traditional Ainu carving methods hand-carve each piece at a family workshop in the remote region of Eastern Hokkaido.
Every Key Holder is sculpted from one piece of wood and decorated with two cute Ural owls sitting in an oak tree. The Ural owl is locally known as Ezo Fukuro, a friendly & protective owl in indigenous Ainu culture. There are three pegs from where to hang your keys.
To make it even more unique you can have your name or a message engraved on the back - making it a very special gift or personal memento.
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about the producer
Kurita Mingei Ten is located in Kawayu Onsen, Eastern Hokkaido, and is a long-standing family folk-art workshop, where for more than 50 years artisans have preserved generations of Ainu wood carving skills to create a range of household and decorative items. Through utilizing locally-sourced woods - particularly Japanese Pagoda and Hokkaido Yew which have traditional cultural values of good fortune, protection and strength - the craftspeople at Kurita Mingei Ten skillfully create wreaths, name plates, cups and many more household items. Some items are decorated with images of Hokkaido owls that have important protective roles in traditional Ainu beliefs. Each item is uniquely crafted through the techniques of hand-carving one piece of wood, as well as customized by carving requested names or message (by request) using the increasingly rare ukibori technique that makes lettering appear to stand out from the wood. All crafts at Kurita Mingei Ten are carefully made with special attention to the natural qualities of the wood to create handicrafts that become treasured family items. |
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