Pendant:
Aluminum hand-wrapped around a hand blown *wish bubble oval coated filled with dark blue or 'khesbed' (Egyptian for dark blue) microbeads.
*Wish bubbles:
Glass vials, filled with beads or glitter, symbolically representing a wish for the wearer of happiness, love, health, success with something challenging, prosperity, etc. May the wearer of this necklace know joy and delight.
Necklace:
24” strand of tiny, antique white glass beads, dotted every 3/4" with brass Masai discs, indigo and clear Czech beads..
Earrings:
Sterling silver spirals around multi-colored beads book-ended by clear and indigo-colored Czech glass, brass Masai discs punctuate the indigo pieces.
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"To the ancient Egyptians, color was an essential part of life. If a god was considered to have no color, then the meaning was that the god could never be thoroughly understood. The magic of color dates back to prehistoric times. Red is referred to in the Old Testament, and the Romans believed that the healing power of coral came from its red color. Amulets were used throughout the prehistoric world, but amuletic magic became an actual science when the first civilizations developed in Egypt.
The Egyptian palette had six colors: red (desher), green (wadj), blue (khesbedj and irtiu), yellow (kenit and khenet), black (khem or kem), and white (shesep and hedj). Most of these colors were made from mineral compounds, which is why they retained their vibrant colors throughout thousands of years. And most of the gemstones they used were semi-precious and chosen not as much for their beauty as they were for the symbolism or the perceived magic they contained. Whether these materials were carved into everyday jewelry or ground down and painted on tomb walls, their colors were not used randomly. Great forethought was given to the colors used on the deity being portrayed, the deceased persons afterlife requirements, or living Egyptians protection.
"Dark blue, also called "Egyptian" blue, was the color of the heavens, water, and the primeval buying flood, and it represented creation or rebirth. The favorite blue stone was lapis lazuli, or khesbed, which also meant JOY or DELIGHT. It is thought that blue may have had solar symbolism because of some objects made from blue faience that carry a solar theme. There is also a theory that blue may have been symbolic of the Nile and represented fertility, because of the fertile soils along the Nile that produced crops. Because the god Amen (also spelled Amon or Amun) played a part in the creation of the world, he was sometimes depicted with a blue face; therefore, pharaohs associated with Amen were shown with blue faces also. In general, it was said that the gods had hair made of lapis lazuli. In a tomb painting of the Opening of the Mouth ceremony, depictions of both the mummy and Anubis are shown with blue hair."
From: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/colorcode.htm
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Make it a gift - wrapping as pretty as the contents with a colored organza drawstring bag, tissue paper and ribbon.
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Product code: Buying Khesbed