Pendants

The Thresher Shark is the definition of savage beauty. They use their long, cartilaginous tails to stun their prey. These pendants aim to capture this elusive creature’s stunning beauty and reserved aggression in one timeless piece.

The flying fish, or ‘fulhan’gi’, as known in the Maldives, is one of the most fascinating fish in our oceans. These remarkable fish have evolved to be able to leap out the water and glide over the waves to escape from large predators like tunas, billfish and the ever vibrant mahi-mahis. They are able to leap and glide over the water’s surface for astonishing distances, sometimes up 650 feet. They have also been known to reach speeds of over 50 kilometres per hour.

The Flying Fish pendant is inspired by these amazing creatures in full flight. From our range of SS Pendants, this delicate yet sleek design immortalises the beauty of a flying fish as it glides over the waves, ever so slightly touching the surface.

The legacy of our ancestors shape us and our traditions, giving meaning to our lives. We are islanders with a complex past, and we are family. The Maldives Pendant features the atolls of Maldives, an ancient Kingdom of a Thousand Isles; and pays tribute to our rich history and heritage.

The legacy of our ancestors shape us and our traditions, giving meaning to our lives. We are islanders with a complex past, and we are family. The Raajje Pendant features the Maldives, an ancient Kingdom of a Thousand Isles; and pays tribute to our rich history and heritage.

Crafted for the salt life, this stainless steel pendant featuring all the atolls of Maldives offers high durability and resistant to rust.

Known for their captivating acrobatics, Spinner dolphins grace tropical waters worldwide. Revered in maritime lore as symbols of luck and abundant catches, dolphins hold a special place in cultures like the Maldives, guiding fishermen to fruitful waters. Celebrate their enduring charm with our dolphin pendant, intricately crafted with gentle curves and lines to mirror their playful elegance and aerial displays as they leap over the water.

There is an old Maldivian story about how tuna first came to the islands.
It speaks of a great mālimi: a navigator; who sailed so far that the sea thinned and the world began to fall away. At the edge of it stood an enderi tree, black coral rising like a living monument through strong currents. At its base, strange striped fish leapt and shimmered. The mālimi understood them as a gift. A chant was whispered, a ritual performed, and the fish followed the boat home, choosing the deep waters of the Maldives as their own.

The Black Coral Pendant draws from this imagery: a coral that stands like a majestic black tree at the end of the ocean, where water rushes past and depth turns infinite.

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ORIGINS Jewelry Collection — Paying homage to the indigenous history, folk and oral tradition of the thousand isles, each piece of the ORIGINS jewelry collection tells an ancient story, and celebrates a cultural heritage rooted in mysticism and wonder.

Ancient travelers and historians such as El Mas’udi, Al Idrisi and Al-biruni had written about the “Cowrie Islands”. Ibn Battuta in 1343, and later Ma Huan, a Chinese historian in 1433 explains the use of cowrie shells as a medium of exchange and currency, and its trade across the world, with the people of Bengal, Yemen, Thailand and other distant lands. Archeologist Heyerdahl in his own research and travels speculated that the significance of cowries to the wealth of the Maldives dated back to the Indus Valley civilization - early records of the Gulf of Cambay mentions ships of cowries from the Maldives; and on his visit to the prehistoric port of Lothal, a harbor city of Mohenjo-Daro, the capital of the Indus Valley Civilization, a busy port around the time of its collapse between 2,500 BC and 1,500 BC. Its museum now holds treasures excavated at the Lothal wharfs; and one exhibit was of Cypraea Moneta, the Maldive cowrie, which makes it clear that the traditional value of the cowrie had survived in this part of the world for over 3,000 years.

The Cowrie Islands is a significant chapter of Maldive history - impressive not for just how far the cowries reached across the world; but the power of the monopoly the islands held over them, which gave the Maldives a place in the ancient global trade map.

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ORIGINS Jewelry Collection — Paying homage to the indigenous history, folk and oral tradition of the thousand isles, each piece of the ORIGINS jewelry collection tells an ancient story, and celebrates a cultural heritage rooted in mysticism and wonder.