Navajo Pyramidal Shaped Silver and Turquoise Earrings [SOLD]

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Artist Unknown
  • Category: Earrings
  • Origin: Diné of the Navajo Nation
  • Medium: sterling silver, turquoise
  • Size: 1-1/2” length x ½” width
  • Item # C3864.43
  • SOLD

Three beautiful blue turquoise cabs with strong matrix have been placed in ascending order from the lowest one which is square to the next one which is trapezoidal to the top one which is rectangular. They are secured to a silver sheet backing with edges of tubular silver.  They are equipped with wires for pierced ears.  Each of the Navajo Pyramidal Shaped Silver and Turquoise Earrings is stamped sterling on verso.  There is no artist name.  These probably date to mid-20th century.

 

Condition: very good condition

Provenance: from a family from Santa Fe

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

Artist Unknown
  • Category: Earrings
  • Origin: Diné of the Navajo Nation
  • Medium: sterling silver, turquoise
  • Size: 1-1/2” length x ½” width
  • Item # C3864.43
  • SOLD

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