Handmade, traditional, twisted wire and scroll spiral designs, sterling silver, hand of Fatima, oval, cabachon moonstone set, drop / dangle earrings. Length 42mm, width 20mm.

The Arabic name for the hamsa (or khamsa) is the hand of Fatima, commemorating Fatima Zahra, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad. Hamsa hands often contain an eye symbol. Depictions of the hand, the eye, or the number five in Arabic (and Berber) tradition is related to warding off the evil eye, as exemplified in the saying khamsa fi ainek ("five [fingers] in your eye").