The .5 inch wide leather strap snaps on and off of both sides of the metal ring to form the cuff.

This wonderful combination shawl cuff / shawl pin offers terrific versatility in styling and function - shawls can be styled in four different ways: with the pin, with the stick alone, with the cuff alone, or with the cuff secured with the stick. 

Elsewhere in her collection, Laura has presented this design as the Fleur de Lis.  Indeed, it leads a double life!  Her design-partner, Agus, created this Crown Chakra design, which is intended to represent the Mandala Chakra (Sahasrara), which is located at the crown and is associated with higher consciousness, enlightenment, unity, contentment, spiritual connection, and intelligence.