This item is made-to-order, lovingly hand-crafted on Sinixt Territory, in the beautiful mountains of British Columbia. To receive it by December 25, 2024, please place your order by December 6, 2024.
If you need a rushed order after December 6, holiday delivery may still be possible. Please contact me before placing your order to confirm availability. Unless previously arranged, orders placed after December 6, 2024, will be fulfilled in February 2025.
Infinite Ancestors, Healing and Protection
Featuring a new and improved design! As my skills improve, so do my designs. I've cleaned up the lines & increased the earrings thickness to improve durability.
Sterling Silver; cast, oxidized, hand-finished.
Please select your ear wire preference from the drop down menu.
Indigenous Meanings
These earrings are inspired by a tattoo motif shared by indigenous Filipino people in northern Luzon including the Kalinga and Ifugao people, as well as Polynesians. In the Philippines, the centipede motif is commonly known as gayaman, and has many different meanings. Some saw centipedes as messengers from the ancestors, others thought it may offer the wearer protection from poisons and general harm.
In the book, Filipino Tattoos, Lane Wilcken also suggests that each centipede leg may represent an ancestor, "...not only reaching back through time but also into the future, reminding the wearer that their heritage and posterity would continue forever." The centipede tattoo motif is also very similar to a medicinal fern tattoo motif often given to healers in the community.
Wearable Amulet
Transferring this motif onto triangle forms worn on each ear keeps the wearer's infinite ancestors close and within ear shot, providing quick access to infinite reserves of healing and protection.
Gift Wrap
Gift wrap is available here.
Due to the handmade nature of this product please allow for slight variation in texture as you may not receive the exact item pictured.
