Silver Obsidian Beckoning Cat

For a small welcome at your door or in your pocket. A rounded silver obsidian cat carving.

A little welcome with one raised paw.

The raised paw of the Japanese maneki-neko is a traditional gesture of welcome associated with good fortune. On this rounded charcoal cat, the paw sits beside a silvery ear above a circular belly detail.

The story

Mingei International Museum exhibited beckoning cats from a collection of 155. The nineteenth- and twentieth-century examples were mostly clay, with some made from wood, metal, or papier-mâché.

Choose who gets a warm hello.

Set the cat face up beside your keys. Before you leave, pick someone to greet first that day. Slip the carving into a pouch of your own if you want to take it along.

Details

• Stone: Silver Obsidian
• Five elements: Water · Find your element
• Size: Approx. 17 × 16 × 12.5 mm (0.67 × 0.63 × 0.49 in), H × W × D
• Birthday bracelets: Silver Obsidian is in our Water & Wood and Water & Metal bracelets · Find yours
• One silver obsidian cat carving.
• Pouch and other stones are not included.

Each stone varies a little in color and pattern.