Outrageous Clasping-Hand Figa April 4th This really special specimen example

This really special specimen example of a wedjat eye is fully intact and likely circa the 8th century BCE

massively saturated Niccolo onyx signet ring featuring an intaglio shield

with a beautiful split shank

these intimate images were carried or worn by both men and women as a means to keep loved ones close at heart

jewelry from the Art Nouveau period introduced sinuous curves

Outrageous Clasping-Hand Figa April 4th This really special specimen exampleAn Italian amulet of ancient origin, "Mano Figa" (mano meaning hand and figa meaning fig, a slang term for a woman's genitalia) represents a hand gesture in which the thumb is thrust between the curled index and middle fingers, imitating heterosexual intercourse. The logic here was that since the Evil Eye worked by drying up the generative fluids, a gesture of the sexual act could counteract it. This hand charm could be made as an apotropaic gesture