Cricket/Grasshopper Good Luck Totem/Sculpture

Description

1 one Up-cycled vintage silver plate utensil forged to resemble a cricket/ grasshopper. This item ships USPS Priority, Each piece is hand crafted to achieve the effect of resembling a cricket by using a standard vintage silverplate fork. This crafted figure / totem will make a perfect gift for yourself, a friend or loved one who is going through a difficult time, an illness or more happily moved in to a new home/apartment - Why? - because crickets have been known to symbolize an ability to leap great distances ie hurdle obstacles in front of them -to get beyond troubled areas. Throughout history they were symbols of protection for homes and buildings. Middle Eastern and European craftsman commonly carved amulets and charms bearing images of crickets to fend off evil spirits. American colonial builders added a copper cricket to the weather vane on Boston's Faneuil Hall as a symbol of protection. Crickets are considered good luck by most Native American tribes. Cricket wisdom is said to represent joy, intuition, power of belief. A cricket's ability to jump is said to offer the power to leap over a difficult situation. With the cricket as your totem, you can travel through darkness with sound. So buy one of these handcrafted up- cycled crickets made from a silver plated flatware piece. Designs can differ as each piece is handcrafted and unique. Interesting fact about crickets- Did you know if you count the number of chirps from a cricket in 13 seconds and add 40, you can determine the outdoor temperature in degrees Fahrenheit - wow Buy one for yourself as a good luck/protector totem and/or buy for a friend. Each Cricket comes with a small card explaining some of the mythology of crickets. Crickets have played a strong role throughout Chinese, Japanese and Native American cultures as a symbol of good fortune, vitality and prosperity. As far back as 500 B.C., people revered the song of the cricket and often kept crickets in cages to enjoy that song on a regular basis.