These purposes can be combined (i.e. a richly jewelled symbol).
OTHER MEANINGS
A teach pendant is a portable control device used in industrial robotics.
A cable pendant is one of a series of cables that is horizontally suspended across a flight deck of Aircraft Carrier s for aircraft to land by catching with tailhook.
A ''nautical pendant'' is a length of Cable or Rope , usually of a short length, that has eyes or fittings, or both, at the ends for attachment to vessels and Bollard s or Buoy s.