The legend of the Hero Twins is recorded in the Quiché document called Popol Vuh. It constitutes the oldest Maya creation myth to have been preserved in its entirety.

As the story goes, the father and uncle of the Hero Twins, Hun Nunahpu and Vucub Hunahpu, were ball players. The noise of their ball pounding on the ground angered the lords of underworld. Nunahpu and Vucub Hunahpu were summoned down to Xibalba, the land of the demons, where they were tricked and finally sacrificed by the Death Gods and their helpers.

The jewelry of ball game represents chapters from the Hero Twin’s story of their adventure into Xibalba to seek vengeance for the death of their father and uncle. Their cunning ultimately resulted in ridding the world of the Xibalbian Demon Gods. What ever you place on your body is another chapter in the chronicles of the Hero Twins. As the storytellers of old wove tales of great heroes, so can you with our jewelry.

States of being: CLASSIC / MODERN / SACRIFICED
In ball game, each piece is in one of three states of being. These states are, Modern, Classic, and Sacrificed. Modern is mirror finished and smooth with an architectural futuristic appeal. Classic is modeled after the textures of weathered, aged, Mayan temples. Sacrificed is dark, and distressed with a highly textured, blackened surface.