Balinese carved abalone shell scarab earrings

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These are truly for the goddess in you!

These hoop earrings are made using carved abalone shell from from Indonesia, in the most amazing myriad of natural rainbow colours, in a beautiful scarab design with brass detailing.

These beauties come in a hand woven bamboo pouch.

Balinese metal smiths have always been held in awe. The word ‘pandai’ means both ‘smith’ and ‘clever’. A group of smiths from Singaraja, in the North part of the Island, trace their line back before the immigration of the Majapahit Javanese. Another clan of smiths consider themselves direct descendants of Brahma, the fiery Hindu God. The symbolic importance of precious metals in Hindu cosmology is reflected in the belief that the triple peaks of Mt. Meru, the abode of the Gods and the center of the world, are made of gold, silver and iron.