Hand Carved Lion Head Cufflinks - Guardian Ruler Handcrafted beaded jewelry techniques vary

Handcrafted beaded jewelry techniques vary across the globe

Red symbolizes activity in the world

to the rituals honoring the dead in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica

Astraeus  was the father of the Stars and the four seasonal Winds

Hand Carved Lion Head Cufflinks - Guardian Ruler Handcrafted beaded jewelry techniques varyHand carved ancient Woolly Mammoth tusk lion head cufflinks. Embellished with sapphire eyes and finished in sterling with toggle backs. Depictions of Lions are millennia old throughout the world. In Egypt, for example, the Sphinx has Lions body, which was a sacred symbol of the Goddess who safeguarded the pharaohs in the afterlife. The Sun God Mithras was a Solar deity associated with Lion and often portrayed with a Lions head. The Hopi revere Lion as