Ceramic Elephant Head on Hand Painted Stick

Size:
Length: 42 inches

This unique hand made ceramic topped walking staff was made in South Africa. What makes this walking staff so unique are all the hand made elements and attention to detail, from the hand painted and crafted ceramic elephant head, to the hand painted shaft not to mention the hand tied leather cording along the staff.

Ceramic Elephant Staff.

The ceramic head has been decorated and hand painted leaving the majority of the elephant a cream color there are hand painted blue ethnic details with a small green accent at the bottom of the ceramic head, the eyes are accented with blue as is the head where the tusks grow out of. The trunk is blue and there are blue and green designs on the ears. The staff has been hand painted in blocks of color, and at the top there is a hand wrapped detailing of leather cording.

About Elephants.

The African elephant is the largest living land mammal. Of all its specialized features, the muscular trunk is perhaps the most extraordinary. It serves as a nose, hand, extra foot, signaling device and tool for gathering food, siphoning water, dusting, and digging. The tusks are another notable feature of both males and females. Elephants are right or left-tusked, using the favored tusk more often, thus shortening it from constant wear. Tusks differ in size, shape and angle and researchers can use them to identify individuals.

Elephants are generally placid, but can be extremely dangerous when the bulls are in mating condition. They live to about seventy years, sometimes even longer, with their life span controlled by their dentition. They have only six pair of molars, with two in use at a time. When all six teeth on each side have been worn away, the elephant is no longer able to chew its food and dies from lack of nutrition.