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Sterling Silver Filigree Hamsa - Hand of Fatima Charm Pendant |  | Category: Jewelry
Buy New: $12.98
as of 2/8/2012 13:26 EST details
Seller: Silver Insanity
Sales Rank: 10249
Metal Stamp: 925-Sterling
Metal: sterling-silver
MPN: 8360
ASIN: B00023JWXQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 1" High and 1/2" Wide | | • | 3mm Bail Opening | | • | Weight is 2.1 Grams | | • | Marked 925 |
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Product Description
The hamsa hand (Arabic) or hamesh hand (Hebrew) is an old and still popular apotropaic amulet for magical protection from the envious or evil eye. The words hamsa and hamesh mean "five" and refer to the digits on the hand. An alternative Islamic name for this charm is the Hand of Fatima, in reference to the daughter of Mohammed. An alternative Jewish name for it is the Hand of Miriam, in reference to the sister of Moses and Aaron. The hamsa hand appears both in a two-thumbed, bilaterally symmetrical form, as shown, and in a more natural form in which there is only one thumb. There is good archaeological evidence to suggest that the downward-pointing protective hamesh / hamsa hand predates both Judaism and Islam and that it refers to an ancient Middle Eastern goddess whose hand wards off the evil eye.
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