Former model Elisabeth Bell honed her passion for jewellery whiling away the time at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. In keeping with Native American tradition, she believes that varous animals are spirits or guides, and has created a line of jewelry that shows the claw or talon of various species, with each showcasing various qualities.

The bobcat pendant shown here is also available in pave and gold; this one sells for USD $875 for 14k gold with one diamond and with chain. Bell notes that the animal’s qualities are patience, awareness, strategic, passionate, playful.