Kewa - Santo Domingo Depression Era Earrings [SOLD]

Santo Domingo Pueblo is located between Albuquerque and Santa Fe along the Camino Real, the old trade road between Mexico and Santa Fe. The people of Santo Domingo, now referred to as Kewa Pueblo, traditionally have been known as great traders. During the Depression, when the economy prevented them from being able to purchase high grade materials, the artists of Santo Domingo used less expensive materials to create jewelry to sell to tourists.

These earrings are especially well-made. They contain turquoise chips set between black, white and red re-purposed materials. They are screw-back.

Condition: original condition

Provenance: from a family collection from Grants, New Mexico

Recommended Reading: Santo Domingo Pueblo Jewelry by Sally and J. Roderick Moore in The Magazine Antiques, Brant Publications, Inc. July 2009, vol. CLXXVI, no. 1. pp. 56-61.