Tembetas Pinzas Earrings Gold Plated 24K Gold Plated "Gold Nose

24K Gold Plated "Gold Nose Crescent" Earrings

24K Gold 8-Stranded Necklace

eminating the cosmos it creates

These earrings stem from a type of nose ornament

This piece is symbolic of the Sun’s ability to connect the spiritual and physical world and the relationship that exists between deities and men

Tembetas Pinzas Earrings Gold Plated 24K Gold Plated "Gold NoseMany Andean societies boasted a dual social and thought structure, which they symbolised using complementary opposites in nature and the cosmos: male and female, sun and moon, above and below, night and day, heat and cold. These 24K gold earrings clearly complement two opposite elements; the small round tembetas were used to pierce the lower lip to modify the mouth for spiritual protection. And the pinzas, a very stylized needle found in ritual