Boma is a jewelry company founded in Seattle in 1981 by Boon and Chieko Chaya. These earrings, from a collection in the early 1990s, reference the bi-disc shape which has been present in Chinese art for millennia. It is a symbol of longevity and the continuous circle of life. In earlier years of the company’s history, Boma’s marketing and designs rarely highlighted the founders’ Asian heritage, as was common in the jewelry industry at the time. These earrings were an exception. Since becoming CEO in 2016, second-generation owner Suzanne Vetillart has led the company in a new direction. Boma now more publicly embraces the family’s Japanese, Thai, and Chinese heritage, as well as celebrating the artisans that produce the jewelry in the company’s factory in Thailand. In 2021, Boma’s “Treasured Collection” line used the bi-disc shape, and was partially inspired by the earlier Boma collection that included these earrings.