Turkana Container 14This beautiful Turkana container is part of an incredibly special collection of pieces which took 8 years to curate. Each container is hand carved from indigenous wood with great skill by the pastoral Turkana people of Kenya. Due to their nomadic lifestyle the Turkana people are skilled in creating functional pieces that are easy to transport from materials readily found in their harsh desert environment. The design of the containers have been

Hand carved from a single piece of wood coming from the Nyangatom people of the Omo Valley in Ethiopia

hand-carved from indigenous wood and hand-finished with beads and shells

playing an important role in the initiation rites where the unique design of a shield represents a boy’s insignia

the largest of 9 communities called Mijikenda that live along the North Eastern coastline of Kenya

believed to have been crafted c

these baskets are given as wedding presents to new brides

Research by Save the Elephants has contributed to more than 120 peer-reviewed scientific papers and have deepened global understanding of elephant intelligence and social behaviour

after being separated from her herd and sought refuge with the Turkana community before being located by Save the Elephants and rescued by Reteti

made from Yellowwood which is grown in natural forests in the Southern Cape

Scouring the watery wonderland that is the Okavango Delta from a helicopter brings with it a new perspective on well-known landscapes and opportunities to find special patterns from above

symbolising the historical

and as this young elephant did so it left unique marking on its trunk as well as a dust cloud behind it making for a special capture