• Black Round Swarovski Pearls
• Handcrafted Coin Silver Stamped Pendant with Colored Glass Stones, Circa early 1900s (Origin: India; Collected: India)
• Handcrafted Sterling Silver Toggle Clasp from Bali
• Sterling Silver Findings
• Finished with Silver French Bullion
• Length: 16.5”

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INDIAN SILVER PENDANT: The origins of Indian jewelry lie buried in antiquity. Archaeological finds reveal a wealth of ornaments and statuettes wearing ornaments indicating an unbroken jewelry tradition. As far back as ancient times, jewelry was worn as decoration, as well as religious adornments. Much Indian jewelry was subject to tribal variation and still has strong ritual significance. It is enjoined on parents to include a certain amount of jewelry in a daughter’s dowry. At the time of her marriage, an Indian woman puts on jewelry which is removed only when she becomes a widow or at the time of her death. Both Indian men and women often wear amulets. An amulet box is essentially a portable shrine, case or locket which may hold a charm, lock of hair, relic, prayer or other items of devotion. An amulet can also be a lucky piece of jewelry or ordinary object that supposedly protects its wearer against evil, injury, disease, bad luck or negative forces. Amulets date back to early man and are very common to several religions. The idea that a part of something or an object resembling something else can influence the course of events is deeply ingrained in many societies.