Asian American Women Are Redefining the ‘Old' in Grandmother's Gold
That day, however, came far too soon. Khalid's mother unexpectedly became ill and split her collection between Khalid and her older sister, Lubna, before dying in 2013. Then, in 2021, Khalid inherited the rest of her mother's items when Lubna died at 47.
Khalid wanted to honor her family members by wearing their jewelry, but she typically preferred silver. She decided to take some of the smaller trinkets to Lahore, Pakistan, and remake them into a chain with her mother's and sister's names translated into Urdu. The necklace was washed to tone down the yellow hues, so she could wear it more frequently. Image Khalid inherited her mother's and her sister's jewelry collection after both of them died. 'I probably have tens of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry,' she said.
'Having their names on me out of something that they used to wear — it just felt really important to be close to them in that way,' said Khalid, 48, a film director who lives in Brooklyn.
Passing down gold is a common practice among many Asian families. The precious metal isn't just a superfluous adornment; it's seen as a liquid asset: something that can be traded, act as collateral or melted down and sold. In pop culture, gold has even become something of its own character: Consider the mangalsutra, a traditional Indian necklace representing marriage, in the Netflix hit TV show, 'Never Have I Ever,' and the 2025 rom-com 'Picture This,' in which Simone Ashley plays a financially struggling photographer who must marry in order to access her family's heirloom jewelry.
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