All parts of these large sword post earrings are wonderfully detailed. From the point to the pommel, this sword looks like a miniature of the real thing. The pronounced quillon and the twisted grip are especially fierce! Swords are one of the earliest weapons found, and as such are saturated with cherished meaning and symbolism. Swords can connote power, protection, chivalry, truth, enlightenment, action, and justice. In Christian thought it primarily represents righteousness, while in Congo tribes of Central Africa swords are symbols of transition, especially between life and death. In the symbolic language of tarot, swords represent the realm of the mind, specifically the navigation of thought.
- Bronze earrings have sterling silver posts or ear wires.