Custom Mojo Cuff with Vintage Key from the Big Easy your choice of components

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This listing is for a CUSTOM MOJO, NOT THE ONE PICTURED. I am loving making these mojos and I've love to make one for you. I have an incredible stock of vintage leather and pleather and vinyl. Just send me what colors & size you are looking for and I'll whip one up. Custom orders may take up to a week to create. Thanks for your interest and laissez le bon temp roulez yall

This listing is especially for a custom cuff WITH A VINTAGE SKELETON KEY.

If you would like to see other custom cuff orders you may check out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rustchic/sets/72157601720004184/

This leather and lace wrist cufflet will help you keep the muddy waters at bay come hell or high water. It can also turn you into a super hero as you traverse dark alleys after a long night at the juke joint in the quarter. Especially if tequila is involved. Measures 5-7 1/2 long, adjustable closure for bigger or smaller wrists.Cufflet includes debris corsage of vintage lace,rusty metal and keys, vintage button and 100+ year old fabrics .All recycled
A Mighty Mojo!
History of the Wrist Cuff
Fashion historians originally thought that the cuff had descended from the Napoleonic era,
when the chemise came into fashion and the cuff needed to be secured at the wrist. However, anthropologists and Mayan experts have found hundreds of examples of leather cuffs that were worn as early as “several thousand years B.C” to indicate one’s status or rank and also one’s family affiliation. This custom was not exclusively a Mayan tradition, Egyptians, Incans and Celts all wore cuffs to indicate tribal ties.The most common adornment was a simple leather band with a flower in the center of the wrist. It was said that this cuff in combination with other status accessories instantly communicated one’s wealth & status. Yet even those with the lowest social standing could be found with this simple testament of filial bonds.

I have referred to William L. Truett’s SIGNIFICANCE OF CUFF DESIGNS OF MAYA LORDS and these were his references:
1. Miller, M.E.; The Art of Mesoamerica. 1996, Thames and Hudson, London.
2. Schele, L., and Miller, M.E.; The Blood of Kings. 1986, Braziller, New York.
3. Sharer, R.J.; The Ancient Maya. 1994, Stanford University Press, Stanford.
4. Bassie-Sweet, K.; From the Mouth of the Dark Cave. 1991, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.
5. Freidel, D., Schele, L., and Parker, J.; Maya Cosmos. 1993, William Morow, New York.

Added on Jul 30, 2008

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