Garnet and marcasite brooch, 'Silver Hummingbird'

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NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, offers thousands of limited edition and one-of-a-kind gifts, jewelry, and home decor treasures handmade by master artists and artisans throughout the world. With a whir of rapid wings, a hovering hummingbird becomes a sterling brooch. Thai Jewelry Artisans craft the exquisite creature in silver, adding texture with applications of marcasite. A red garnet forms the eye. Also called white pyrite, marcasite inspires spiritual development, focus and clarity. Garnets inspire romantic love, sensuality and passion. 0.925 rating silver Artisan Info: Photos by Jatuporn Rutnin Southeast Asia has a millenary silversmith tradition, which has developed along different art periods and the interrelationship of diverse cultures. Thailand's renowned artistic periods such as Dvaravati, Sri Vijaya, Lopburi, Chiang Saen, Sukhothai, Ayutthaya and Ratanakosin, bear a strong Indian influence. This in turn has been absorbed into the Thai way of life and sensibility. Thailand's silversmith legacy also bears evidence of hill tribe influences. Silver has long adorned hill tribe attires for it symbolizes wealth and prestige - some also believe silver wards off illness and misfortune. Originally, silver was intended for small votive stupas and as an inlay for religious statues. Later it was confined to creating decorative items, ceremonial, and religious articles. Then, with the rise of Chiang Mai and its handcraft industries, silver tooling began to develop