Exquisite Diné Silver and Turquoise Earrings [SOLD]
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- Category: Earrings
- Origin: Probably Diné of the Navajo Nation
- Medium: silver, turquoise
- Size: 2-¾” long x ¾” wide
- Item # C4697M SOLD
Each earring starts at the ear-piercing post with a single beautiful blue turquoise cab mounted in a silver bezel that is surrounded by twisted silver rope, all of which conceals the post. Suspended from this is a pendulum style dangle displaying two blue turquoise gemstones-one oval and vertical and the other oval and horizontal. They are separated by a domed silver button. All of these are outlined with silver wire. Below the lower turquoise, is a horizontal silver panel with silver dots and silver rope. From this panel hang five silver paddles.
The stamped logo is a pair of crossed arrows over the word STERLING. This logo has been mentioned as an early one of Diné silversmith John B. Begay, Jr., however, I have found no published information to substantiate this.
Condition: very good condition
Provenance: these Exquisite Diné Silver and Turquoise Earrings are from the collection of a Santa Fe resident
Recommended Reading: CONTEMPORARY SOUTHWESTERN JEWELRY by Diana Pardue
TAGS: Southwest Indian Jewelry, Diné - Navajo Nation, Earrings
- Category: Earrings
- Origin: Probably Diné of the Navajo Nation
- Medium: silver, turquoise
- Size: 2-¾” long x ¾” wide
- Item # C4697M SOLD
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