• Handmade beaded gerdan necklace with a growling bear face motif, snowy mountain and pine forest scene in blue, green and brown
  • Close-up of the loomed bear face beadwork on the Bear gerdan XL with a tape measure showing its width
  • Handwoven beaded gerdan necklace with a roaring bear, moonlit forest scene and amber fringe, worn over a cream linen dress.
  • Close-up detail of a beadwoven gerdan necklace showing a roaring brown bear motif and long amber bead fringe on natural linen.
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"Bear" Gerdan XL

"Bear" Gerdan XL

$135.00 USD
$135.00 USD
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A bear mid-growl, snow on the mountains behind him, pine forest below — a whole northern landscape held in a single loomed band of blue, green, and brown.

This is the gerdan in its grand size: loomed by hand in Ukraine on cotton thread, the picture built row by patient row of beads.

One of one. Arrives gift-ready.

The tale of this motif

Folk motifs carry meanings older than writing — poppies guard the home, wheat calls the harvest, birds watch over travellers.

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Field note № 3

Why no two are identical

Hand-loomed beadwork cannot be duplicated exactly — thread tension, bead lots and the maker’s hand all leave their signature. Small differences are not flaws; they are the proof.

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