We do love our exotic stunners when it comes to jewelry, and this embossed gold-plated hamsa bead-iful necklace is no exception!  With rainbow-dyed tiger's eye beads in gorgeous plums and magenta faceted into rondelles and cubes, this necklace sings.   The unusual Afghan titanium-granulated beads, bring this to a one-of-a-kind symphony of fabulous.   There are fancy Venetian flower beads dangling from the hamsa, with textured gold ovals and filligree bead caps for added gold impact. The hamsa itself is etched in swirling curliques and set with faceted amethyst at the fingertips and a druzy rough cut blue-green crystal in the palm.  It is an impressive 35" long with a large hook clasp in brass.

Hamsas aka Hand of Fatima, or Miriam, is long loved symbol of protection in North Africa and the Middle East. One ancient version of the hamsa is the hand carved in the keystone of the arch on the Puerta Judiciaria of the Alhambra, a 14th-century Islamic fortress in southern Spain.