Under SGD 60

Uninhibited and yet refined, this notebook is a beautiful blend of classic style with fresh rustic island elements. Take a bit of Maldivian calm into your workspace with our Leatherette Notebook, for all your notes, thoughts, ideas, sketches & lists.

• Sleek leatherette cover features hand-drawn art prints from the Maldives.
• 100gsm ivory white pages to withstand a variety of inks and mediums.
• A5 (192 pages) & A6 (160 pages) compact book with internal back pocket.

With this book, add a Pen to your cart and use the discount code BOOK+PEN at checkout to get 20% off the Pen. 

Uninhibited and yet refined, this notebook is a beautiful blend of classic style with fresh rustic island elements. Take a bit of Maldivian calm into your workspace with our Leatherette Notebook, for all your notes, thoughts, ideas, sketches & lists.

‘Raajje’ Map of Maldives 

• Sleek leatherette cover features hand-drawn art prints from the Maldives.
• 100gsm ivory white pages to withstand a variety of inks and mediums.
• A5 (192 pages) & A6 (160 pages) compact book with internal back pocket.

With this book, add a Pen to your cart and use the discount code BOOK+PEN at checkout to get 20% off the Pen. 

Red Agate Stone
Known as the Warrior's stone, the Red Agate is one of the oldest gems kept by man. It is a mystical stone that awakens life, and opens the mind.

Adorned with a single luminous stone, this beautiful rope textured cuff and its ornate detailing offers an old Maldivian touch, with a sleek and modern finish.

• Stainless Steel (SS) finish, available in Rose Gold
• High durability and resistance to rust

*For natural stones, expect some color variations and individual distinction from the picture.

This is a glue-set jewelry piece. When gemstones are set without prongs, they need help staying in place. This is usually done with glue, epoxy or resin. While every effort is made to ensure the stone is afixed strongly, glue-set pieces require a bit more TLC to ensure the stone does not come loose. Frequent contact with liquids can cause the glue to break-down. If the bracelet falls or has an impact with another object, the stone may come loose. 

Uninhibited and yet refined, this notebook is a beautiful blend of classic style with fresh rustic island elements. Take a bit of Maldivian calm into your workspace with our Leatherette Notebook, for all your notes, thoughts, ideas, sketches & lists.

• Sleek leatherette cover features hand-drawn art prints from the Maldives.
• 100gsm ivory white pages to withstand a variety of inks and mediums.
• A5 (192 pages) & A6 (160 pages) compact book with internal back pocket.

With this book, add a Pen to your cart and use the discount code BOOK+PEN at checkout to get 20% off the Pen. 

Uninhibited and yet refined, this notebook is a beautiful blend of classic style with fresh rustic island elements. Take a bit of Maldivian calm into your workspace with our Leatherette Notebook, for all your notes, thoughts, ideas, sketches & lists.

• Sleek leatherette cover features hand-drawn art prints from the Maldives.
• 100gsm ivory white pages to withstand a variety of inks and mediums.
• A5 (192 pages) & A6 (160 pages) compact book with internal back pocket.

With this book, add a Pen to your cart and use the discount code BOOK+PEN at checkout to get 20% off the Pen. 

Uninhibited and yet refined, this notebook is a beautiful blend of classic style with fresh rustic island elements. Take a bit of Maldivian calm into your workspace with our Leatherette Notebook, for all your notes, thoughts, ideas, sketches & lists.

‘Raajje’ Map of Maldives 

• Sleek leatherette cover features hand-drawn art prints from the Maldives.
• 100gsm ivory white pages to withstand a variety of inks and mediums.
• A5 (192 pages) & A6 (160 pages) compact book with internal back pocket.

With this book, add a Pen to your cart and use the discount code BOOK+PEN at checkout to get 20% off the Pen. 

Green Aventurine Stone
Known as a totem of luck, the Green Aventurine is believed to be the stone that guarded the shields of queens, with its glassy shimmer flecked with gold, this gem taps into the power of femininity and natural energy.

Adorned with a single luminous stone, this beautiful rope textured cuff and its ornate detailing offers an old Maldivian touch, with a sleek and modern finish.

• Stainless Steel (SS) finish, available in Rose Gold
• High durability and resistance to rust

*For natural stones, expect some color variations and individual distinction from the picture.

This is a glue-set jewelry piece. When gemstones are set without prongs, they need help staying in place. This is usually done with glue, epoxy or resin. While every effort is made to ensure the stone is afixed strongly, glue-set pieces require a bit more TLC to ensure the stone does not come loose. Frequent contact with liquids can cause the glue to break-down. If the bracelet falls or has an impact with another object, the stone may come loose. 

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.