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Seeming to reflect moonlight itself, a silvery-white mabe pearl centers this beautiful necklace from Bali's Kadek Hendra. The pearl is surrounded by florid silverwork and is suspended from a gleaming sterling chain. Hendra names the piece 'Hapsari', referring to a celestial female spirit from Hindu and Buddhist mythology.

Faceted amethysts nestle contentedly amid lavish tendrils on a Maltese cross. Crafted by hand, this beautiful necklace by Kadek Hendra showcases 2 gemstone carats. A cultured freshwater pearl graces the chain's end.

.925 Sterling silver

Saranarat's design is captivating. Combining white pearls with amethysts, she designs an elegant long necklace with a lavish pendant. The beautiful necklace is crafted by hand with 24k gold plated sterling silver.

.925 Sterling silver

This beautifully original necklace design is from Thai artisan Angels. She forms a square knot from woven sterling silver ball chain with a polished finish, and adorns the ends of the "ropes" with cultured freshwater pearls.

.925 Sterling silver

Serenely beautiful, a white mabe pearl centers this florid sterling silver pendant choker from Kadek Hendra. Curling silver tendrils and flowers enhance both the pendant and the bale, and a chain featuring smooth and rope links completes the design.

.925 Sterling silver

An ancient Maya legend tells how the gods gave a specific mission to each being they created. But they realized none had been chosen to carry thoughts and desires from one place to another," says Rosa Padillas of Rosa Roja. "So they carved a small piece of jade into a a slender arrowhead, and it became a beautiful hummingbird with iridescent feathers — the x ts'unu'um. Its mission was to carry good thoughts to all human beings, even those who had died.

"Today, if a hummingbird appears in front of you, it is delivering a message of love from someone who is thinking of you. And if we wear the image of a hummingbird, we carry good thoughts and desires to others.

"The hummingbird legend says that we can fly to the six cardinal points of the universe, therefore the hummingbird is the ideal link to transmit thoughts of love, of respect, tolerance and peace to all creatures on the planet."

The talented Mexican artisan reinterprets the legend as a necklace of dramatic beauty. She creates a hummingbird pendant in the pre-Hispanic style, and adds an agate geode representing the hummingbird's nest. It poses on a strand of gray cultured pearls.