Sterling Cuff – 2 Turtles & 2 Hearts Repoussé .75 X 6.25″

Description

Sterling silver cuff with two Turtles & 2 Hearts with double curve fiddle heads and other Wôbanaki designs – with plants for Mide healing.

Turtles represent our earth and our calendar with the 13 moons (12 months in between the moons) found on the turtle’s back. The Turtle is also our North American land – the great Turtle Island ‘Tolba Menahan’ in Abenaki. Inside the turtle is the heartbeat that is so strong to sustain our planets life. It is said that a turtle’s heart beats a long time even after it is killed. The double curves and “fiddle head” medicine ‘Mide’ plant designs become canoes traveling around carrying the healing plants to help protect. 

Hearts represent strawberries or heart berries.

Similar to other 3/4″ cuffs listed but each is different. Signed with the Sunrise Drum hallmark and stamped sterling. Eighteen (18) gauge sterling silver narrower .75 x 6.25″ inches in Eastern Woodland Wôbanaki style.  Completely hammer hardened and the gap can be slightly adjusted as needs through careful pressure forming to a person’s wrist due to it having some spring flexibility.  It easily and comfortably fits medium and some smaller wrists.  This is a style for those who want the traditional Eastern Woodland double curve design for new growth and new life.  Curves represent the fiddle heads and young plants of spring with the new life energy found in this spring season. The trees represent people, families, communities and Nations… placed inside the double curves they become energized with new life.  Stars and moons remind us of our ancestral relations and with the curves become a prayer for renewal and healing for ourselves and our languages and cultures here in North America – Turtle Island (‘Tolba Menahan’ in Western Abenaki).

Cuff style bracelet have an opening of about 1 to 2 inches (depending on the size of the cuff) in order to put it on. Cuffs come in various sizes including child sized. An “average” cuff is 6″ (15 cm) of material.  There is some flexibility as it is hardened by hammering – it is not brittle or totally rigid as in a sand cast or soldered cuff. Each is hand-wrought to accommodate various sizes. If you need a tighter or looser fit – send measurements of your wrist, we can ensure the right size for you, no two pieces are alike. This cuff is 6.25″ for a bit “larger average” wrist.

Check out other designs done by Sunrise Drum. Other sizes and styles are available!