BONE sterling silver pendant

HAND CARVED STERLING SILVER (OXIDIZED) BONE PENDANT

- Material: sterling silver

- Finish: oxidized

- Hand carved

- Diameter: ca. 4 cm (1.57 in)

- AVAILABLE WITH OR WITHOUT A SILVER CHAIN - 50 cm (19.7 in) oxidized silver chain

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead.
(William Blake, Proverbs of Hell)

Mostly used as a symbol for death, but there are other interpretations (as always). A skeleton is also a symbol for an underlying, truth (e.g., beneath all of the different skin colors, ethnic variations, etc., the bones remain the same). Combine the ‘truth’ meaning with the fact that bones last longer than the rest of the body and you get ‘enduring truth.’

They are the last earthly traces of the dead, and seem to last forever: bones symbolize the indestructible life (it represents ressurection in Jewish tradition), yet also may represent mortality and the transitory. When a bone is seen it often represents permanence beyond death - bones are often the last things left of us.

As a mark of permanence, bones can also be seen to represent the earth, even outside of societies with burial customs. in the same way, bones can represent our truest, barest self. they are lasting, and are the frame of our bodies - they are our home and anchor in the physical world.

Darkwood Jewelry is inspired by magic, nature, the mysterious aspects of history, traditional handcrafts and the esoteric.

Every Darkwood item is carefully hand-crafted and therefore unique.

Please note that due to its handmade nature, your personal piece might slightly differ from the one showed on the product page. We hope that you enjoy these individualized differences in your piece, made with passion by human hands.

Please don't forget to remove your jewelries before swimming (chemicals or salty water will damage them) and before going to sleep (silver is prone to bending and can break).

All the pieces are shipped from Warsaw, Poland. All packages are shipped with DHL Express, which includes tracking, of course!