Faceted black horn necklace by designer "Iris Apfel" for the "Iris Apfel Collection." This necklace measures 19 inches in length and features 8 graduated and geometrically shaped  water buffalo or "carabao" horn beads. It showcases a large hexagon shaped horn bead in the center of the necklace; each bead is buffed to a smooth gloss to enhance its coloration.  A piece of wearable art for women who don't mind attracting more than the normal amount of attention.

Fashion icon Iris Apfel is sharing her personal style with the world by way of her own jewelry collection.  Her jewelry collection is “Natural, Eclectic, and Fun” and a direct reflection of her vision. It focuses on bold statement pieces, most made from natural materials, such as seeds, bark, leaves, banana trees, horn and bone.

In the Philippines, home of more than half of the fashion accessories exporters worldwide, jewelry beads made from water buffalo "carabao" bones are actually made from restaurant leftover soup bones. The Philippine’s water buffalo, is a black-skinned mammal also known as "carabao".