Shawl Pin – Black Coil

As JUL describes her items:

Made Fair Trade in Indonesia

Blackened white brass

Ring 1.25″ inside diameter

Stick 4.5″ in length

Total weight – .6 ounces

We are now offering this elegant and sleek shawl pin in a blackened version for the first time, granting this timeless design a new look that simultaneously retains ancient ambiance and amplifies its contemporary feel.

The ripples in the stick ensure it will hold onto the knitwear, diminishing the possibility that it will get lost as well as allowing it to nest comfortably in the ring of the Coil Shawl Stick it was designed toaccompany.

The coil shawl pin ring is closely based on a Hmong earring from the Golden Triangle whichconstitutes Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam. For the Hmong, silversmithing is a male occupation butit represents women’s wealth. Silver is passed down from mother to daughter. Daughters take their jewellery with them when they marry and it remains their exclusive property for their entire lives. During festivals and ceremonies women adorn themselves so heavily in silver a woman’s wealth can be discerned just by lookingat her. The spiral motifs in the coil stick and shawl pin are associated with infinite time, endless movementand boundless energy.