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Serpent Wisdom

by UXMAL

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“Called the supreme goddess of Spanish language cinema” by The New York Times, Maria Félix made 47 films during her career that began in the 1940s. Her nicknamed La Doña was from the star’s title role in the 1943 film Doña Bárbara, about a strong independent woman. Félix purposely never learned English and didn’t appear in any Hollywood productions because she didn’t want to be typecast. She did, however, learn French and appeared in a handful of French films. A great beauty Félix was painted several times by artist Diego Rivera. Mexico’s Nobel Prize-winning poet Octavio Paz wrote about the star, “She’s free like the wind, she disperses the clouds, or illuminates them with the lightning flash of her gaze.”

It seems clear that Maria Félix identified with snakes for all the symbolism of creativity, wisdom and strength the creatures represent. Around 1966 she visited the Cartier flagship on the rue de la Paix and commissioned a snake necklace she wanted to be the size of, well, a large snake.

Cartier took two years to make the 22-inch long serpent. A good portion of the time was most likely spent figuring out the platinum and gold armature on the interior of the design that made it fully—and I mean fully—flexible. Then the master craftsmen had to figure out how to cover the body in diamonds. There are 2,473 brilliant and baguette-cut diamonds weighing a total of 178.21-carats on the design. Similar to the way traditional Indian jewels featured enamel on the reverse, the scales on the bottom of the snake are decorated with green, black and red enamel. The colors were a tribute to the Mexican flag. When the piece was finished, apparently Félix was out of town. She was so thrilled to hear her jewel was finally complete, she chartered a plane back to Paris to get it."

theadventurine.com/culture/jewelry-history/the-mystery-of-maria-felixs-jewels/

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released May 17, 2022

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