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<dc:title>Pendant in the shape of a &amp;quot;cigua&amp;quot;</dc:title>
<dc:description>Pendant in the form of a closed fist with the thumb protruding between the index and middle fingers, a gesture known as the ‘fig hand’. It is set in a silver mount.</dc:description>
<dc:creator>1196</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2025</dc:date>
<dc:contributor>iain</dc:contributor>
<dc:language>Asturian</dc:language>
<dc:type>Physical Object</dc:type>
<dc:identifier>599</dc:identifier>
<dc:alternative title>Cigua</dc:alternative title>
<dc:date submitted>02/09/2025</dc:date submitted>
<dc:date modified>08/09/2025</dc:date modified>
<dc:extent>1cm x 0.2cm x 0.3cm</dc:extent>
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<item_type_metadata:tool>She uses manual tools (such as a jeweler’s saw, hammers, and a hand file). For working with jet, she uses dental prosthetic tools that operate with a micromotor, such as diamond discs and tungsten carbide burs. She also uses an electric polishing machine.</item_type_metadata:tool>
<item_type_metadata:prim media>1319</item_type_metadata:prim media>
<item_type_metadata:material>Jet and silver</item_type_metadata:material>
<item_type_metadata:place>Barrio de la Roza, Lieres, Siero, Asturias, Spain</item_type_metadata:place>
<item_type_metadata:external id>LAPONTE_AR_11</item_type_metadata:external id>
<item_type_metadata:natural cultural>Cultural</item_type_metadata:natural cultural>
<item_type_metadata:function>The cigua is a traditional Asturian amulet used to protect against the evil eye and negative energies.</item_type_metadata:function>
<item_type_metadata:creation purpose>For sale</item_type_metadata:creation purpose>
<item_type_metadata:technique>Jewellery technique for setting and manual work with mechanical tools for carving and polishing jet.</item_type_metadata:technique>
<item_type_metadata:material source>The jet is local, and the silver is imported</item_type_metadata:material source>
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<item_type_metadata:production quality>Unknown</item_type_metadata:production quality>
<item_type_metadata:field worker>Carmen Pérez Maestro</item_type_metadata:field worker>
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