Outrageous Clasping-Hand Figa April 4th with a beautiful split shank

with a beautiful split shank

this particular band would be a delicious stacking addition to any collection

25” circumference

The cameo is double-sided

Outrageous Clasping-Hand Figa April 4th with a beautiful split shankAn Italian amulet of ancient origin, "Mano Figa" (mano meaning hand and figa meaning fig, a slang term for a woman's genitalia) represents a hand gesture in which the thumb is thrust between the curled index and middle fingers, imitating heterosexual intercourse. The logic here was that since the Evil Eye worked by drying up the generative fluids, a gesture of the sexual act could counteract it. This hand charm could be made as an apotropaic gesture