Sahara NWA869: Height approx. 33mm, width approx. 22mm, thickness approx. 8mm
Material: Sahara NWA869 (natural), Karen Silver (silver purity 95%)
Description: This is a magatama pendant called Karen Silver and Sahara NWA865. Magatama, which has a history of several thousand years, has the meaning of a talisman that protects oneself by borrowing the power of the natural world and spirits.
Note: It uses a waxed string approximately 90cm long, and the length can be adjusted, making it easy for anyone to wear.
[Sahara NWA869]
A chondrite meteorite discovered in the Sahara Desert.
It is also said that this meteorite is a rock that cooled and solidified 100 meters underground on Mars in ancient times, and was then thrown off by a planetary collision.
[Magatama]
Magatama is one of the jewels developed uniquely in Japan and is considered to be one of the three sacred treasures. As far back as the Jomon period, magatama beads made from processed bones and shells have been excavated, and magatama beads made of Amazonite have been discovered during the unwritten Jomon period from the 6th century BC to the 3rd century BC. It is written in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, and depicts magatama being offered as a tribute to Amaterasu in Japanese mythology.
There are various theories about the shape of magatama, such as motifs of a fetus, the moon, or an animal's fang, but nothing is known for sure.
However, from the excavated examples and documents that have been excavated so far, it appears that it had a uniquely Japanese religious meaning of borrowing the power of the natural world and spirits to protect oneself.
It is said that the magatama culture disappeared with the introduction of Buddhism, but magatama beads are still sold as amulets at shrines that enshrine Shinto gods.
