Production type: Lost wax casting - hand sculpted wax pendant cast into solid sterling silver
Size:Pendant size is 1 inch x 0.5 inches; Chain is 16 inches long
Notable qualities:Semi-abstracted "double teardrop" shape implies androgynous genitalia without being explicit; can be worn in plain sight and is open to personal interpretation.
Named for:Elegua of the Yoruba tradition, a dual-natured deity who embodies many opposites, including masculine and feminine. In Yoruba cosmology, Elegua's "indeterminacy" sits at the heart of their philosophy, which leaves meaning open-ended, making their presence at the gates of consciousness essentially "queer" or outside conventional, fixed definitions.
