Ancient Egyptians crushed quartz or sand, mixed with alkalis, and glazed with a silica mixture, to produce turquoise-colored ceramics called faience. This circular amulet hangs from Jewels’ signature hand-woven cord. 

Jewels, the founder of her eponymous, Marrakech-based business, scours market souks all over North Africa and Asia to source her rare antique amulets, tools, coins, artifacts, talismans, and trade objects.