Black Coral Pendant

There is an ancient Maldivian tale of how the first tunas came to the Islands. It is said that a great mālimi (navigator) sailed to the edge of the world where a colossal enderi (Black Coral) tree rises above the strong currents. There they encountered a school of peculiar striped fish jumping at the base of the black coral. Believing the tunas to be a divine gift, the mālimi whispered a magical chant and performed a ritual, and the tunas followed them home, and settled into the deep waters of the Maldives. 

The Black Coral Pendant is inspired by this surreal coral on the edge of the world, that rises above the ocean like a majestic black tree, with sweeping waters dropping down to infinity beyond it. 

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ORIGINS Jewelry Collection — Paying homage to the indigenous history, folk and oral tradition of the thousand isles, each piece of the ORIGINS jewelry collection tells an ancient story, and celebrates a cultural heritage rooted in mysticism and wonder.