MORS PAPILIO is not a simple ornament: it is an incantation frozen in metal, the winged seal of soul-carriers. Inspired by the iconic "death's-head hawkmoth"—a butterfly with wings marked with a skull—it embodied for ancient civilizations a messenger between worlds, a portent that the invisible is about to speak.
The skull at its center is not funereal, but initiatory. It marks the passage, the change of form, the awakening beyond the flesh. This pendant would have been worn by watchmen of nocturnal rites, where silence weighs more heavily than words.
316L stainless steel (hypoallergenic, non-tarnishing, water and wear resistant)
Finish : Mirror polish with blackened treatment on the reliefs for an antique effect
