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THIS AMERICAN OIL PALM SEED NECKLACE IS MADE FROM SEED FROM THE AMERICAN OIL PALM TREE WHICH I BELIVE IS ONLY FOUND AT THE BOTINICAL GARDENS IN DOMINICA.THEY FIRST HAVE TO BE COLLECTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TREE WHERE THEY USUALLY FALL.THEN I HAVE TO PUT THEM TO DRY TILL THE OUTER SKIN BEGINS TO CRACK SO THIS TAKES A FEW WEEKS.AFTER I REMOVE THE OUTER SKIN THEN PUT THE SEEDS AGAIN TO DRY IN THE SUN EVERY DAY TILL THEY ARE DRY ENOUGH
THEN I BEGIN CUTTING THEM UP INTO WHATS EVER SHAPE I WANT THEM TO BE IN.I THEN SAND THEM,AND SHAPE THEM UP TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE LEVEL ON ALL SIDES,THEN SAND PAPER AND VARNISH THEM,OR IF I WANT TO LEAVE THEM NATURAL, I JUST SOAK THEM IN BABY OIL FOR ABOUT TWO DAYS.THEN I PUT THEM TOGETHER TO MAKE EARINS OR NECKLACE AND EARING SETS AS SHOW,OR I EVEN MAKE PENDATS OUT OF SOME OF THE PIECES.