• Handcrafted Antique Silver Fertility Pendant from India, Circa early 1900’s (Origin: Rajasthan, India; Collected: Rajasthan, India)
• Old “Sherpa Coral” Cylinders from Nepal, Circa late 1800s (Origin: Nepal; Collected: Nepal)
• Silver Leaf Jasper Round Gemstones
• Sterling Silver Toggle Clasp and Findings
• Finished with Silver French Bullion
• Length: 16.5”

N0908-143: $275.00 (free S&H)

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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.

SHERPA CORAL WOUND GLASS BEADS: Sherpa Coral isn’t coral at all. They are actually wound glass trade beads which resemble the color of coral and were handcrafted mostly in China and sometimes in India. The beads are named for the Sherpa (which is Tibetan for “eastern people”) which are an ethnic group from the most mountainous region of Nepal, high in the Himalayas. Sherpas migrated from Tibet to Nepal within the last 300 – 400 years. The term “Sherpa” is also used to refer to local people, typically men, who are employed as guides in mountaineering expeditions in the Himalayas, particularly Mount Everest.