A beautiful solid Sterling Silver Spiga chain Anklet. 10" in length, this beautiful chain is also available in necklace lengths 16" - 24". Deceptively strong, this anklet weighs 3g and is 1.8mm wide.
Spiga is formed of small figure-eight links which form a 3D chain that feels almost square and looks as though the wire has been plaited.
The wearing of this object of embellishment can be found as early as Sumerian times, which are traced to the 5th millennium BC, and are considered the first ancient urban civilisation. During the mid-1960s there was an increasing fascination in eastern cultures in the west, with hordes of hippies embarking on the 'hippy trail': an adventure that begun in Europe and ended in South Asia, travelling through Pakistan, India, and Nepal. This led to a rise in fashionable clothing and accessories inspired by the regions. Anklets thus became fashionable in the West.
