Diné Pair of Silver and Coral Earrings [SOLD]

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This pair of Diné of the Navajo Nation earrings features a silver platform on which is mounted a single oval coral cab. The silver platform is a single piece that was cut and stamped from sheet silver. The area surrounding the coral is in serrated style. At the bottom of the earrings is a pendant of three silver appendices.


Condition: very good condition

Provenance: this Diné Pair of Silver and Coral Earrings is from the collection of a client

Recommended Reading: 

North American Indian Jewelry and Adornment from Prehistory to the Present by Lois Sherr Dubin

Navajo and Pueblo Earrings 1850-1945 - Collected by Robert V. Gallegos by Robert Bauver

TAGS: Southwest Indian JewelryDiné - Navajo NationEarrings

A more close-up view of this pair of earrings with the reverse side showing, too.

 

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