Indonesian Cuff with Eye Agate

One dark eye at the center, and waves curling in from both sides to see what it sees.

This cuff with eye agate comes from Bali, Indonesia, and is contemporary, in eye agate and sterling silver. Balinese silversmiths are widely known for dense, hand-worked ornament, often drawing on scrolls and spirals. The round agate shows a dark pupil ringed in white and brown, set in a slim bezel inside a beaded and textured collar. Along the band, deep spirals are cut back to shadow, three on each side, each one rolling toward the stone. The ends are stippled and slightly flared. It is 2.5 inches long, 0.75 deep and 1 high.

It watches the room so the wearer does not have to.