Handmade Bronze necklace pendant Smile of Death - Calavera skull pendant on a chain - decoration, pendant, element for a necklace.
The skull is one of the symbols that contains two opposite meanings at once. The skull is both a symbol of death and a symbol of resistance to it. Questions about life and death, about immortality have always worried people, and the skull as a dual symbol of life and death, as well as life and immortality, is an accessible symbol for various interpretations and philosophizing on these topics.
The symbolic meaning of the skull with bones in Christianity is freedom from death and the possibility of salvation. Skull and Bones - Adam's head is still applied to the monastic scheme, and is also used in body crosses and crucifixes.
Nowadays, the symbol of the skull is still used in military paraphernalia, now it is used by mercenary soldiers during various conflicts. In subcultures, the skull is used by bikers as a symbol of fearlessness in the face of death and speed.
It is also impossible not to mention the Day of the Dead, El Dia de Muertos - a holiday celebrated in Mexico, and its paraphernalia - calavera skulls (Spanish: calavera - "skull").
This word can mean a number of products associated with the holiday - confectionary sugar skulls used to decorate altars and eaten during the celebration, calavera jewelry, poems written for the Day of the Dead, intended to humorously consider the life and death of a person, and in general, any -what an artistic depiction of a skull.
The size of the pendant is 32x48 mm, the length of the chain is 50 cm, the total weight is 16 g