Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Material Jet and silver Natural Cultural Cultural Function The cigua is a traditional Asturian amulet used to protect against the evil eye and negative energies. Creation Purpose For sale Technique Jewellery technique for setting and manual work with mechanical tools for carving and polishing jet. Material Source The jet is local, and the silver is imported Conecept This piece stands out for its use of Jurassic jet, which has been worked since prehistoric times in what is now Asturias. Its origin is ancient, with roots in Mediterranean and African culture Production Quality Unknown External ID LAPONTE_AR_11 Field Worker Carmen Pérez Maestro Craft metalwork 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. Place The town or city Barrio de la Roza, Lieres, Siero, Asturias, Spain Prim Media 1319 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pendant in the shape of a "cigua" Type The nature or genre of the resource Physical Object Description An account of the resource 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. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2025 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 1196 Language A language of the resource Asturian Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1cm x 0.2cm x 0.3cm Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource iain Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 599 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived asturiasmap Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 02/09/2025 Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Cigua Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,43.368135,-5.587614; Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 08/09/2025 Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT