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Period Dangling Pierced Earrings

Navajo

Period Dangling Pierced Earrings, Jewelry by Navajo

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  • Cerillos turquoise earrings
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American Indian, Navajo

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Navajo earrings, Cerillos turquoise earrings

Item Purchased
Savvy Price $495.00
Gallery Price $575.00
Title
Period Dangling Pierced Earrings
Artist
Navajo
Medium
Sterling and coin silver and natural turquoise
Size
From top of wire to bottom is 2" height X 5/8" width. Each oval handcut stone is 3/8" height X 1/4" width.
Signed
No, as is customary for jewelry from this period
Date of creation
Circa 1920's
Condition
Excellent. No repairs and none is needed.
Turquoise
Natural American probably Cerillos from New Mexico, beautiful variegated green next to no matrix
Description
Well matched stones are full low dome stones that have become greener with wear. Forged from ingot. Draw plate pulled wire is used for the drops. Hand-made stamping dresses the frame around each stone.
Provenance
Obtained by current owner in the 1970's from an old Santa Fe family. These earrings were well cared for and belonged to a family that established a mercantile business in Santa Fe "before the railroad came through" in the early 1880's. kw
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About The Period Dangling Pierced Earrings

Turquoise represents water and there are 4 extended silver pendants on each earring made of silver hammer-shaped like long rain drops. These represent precious rainfall which equals prosperity and abundance.

About Navajo
The Navajo were the first of the Native Americans of the Southwest to learn silversmithing from the Spanish. Most Navajo jewelry emphasizes silver, with turquoise stones used as an accent. Some pieces are cast in sand or tufa molds, while others are hammered, using a male stamp and a female die.
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