Silver and Blue Turquoise Fan Shaped Earrings [SOLD]

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Jeweler Once Known
  • Category: Earrings
  • Origin: Diné of the Navajo Nation
  • Medium: sterling silver, turquoise
  • Size:
    2-⅝” overall length x ⅞” width
  • Item # C4643.34
  • SOLD

These elegant Diné of the Navajo Nation sterling silver earrings are each adorned with six oval beautiful robin egg blue turquoise cabochons. A single turquoise cabochon is on the facing of the post, and five larger ones are fanned out on the main area of the earrings. Three silver rods with interesting fan shaped ends dangle from the bottom of each earring.

Robin egg blue, also called eggshell blue, is a shade of cyan (bluish-green color), approximating the shade of the eggs laid by the American robin.


Condition: very good condition.  These are for pierced ears.

Provenance: these Silver and Blue Turquoise Fan Shaped Earrings are from a private collection

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

TAGS: Southwest Indian JewelryDiné - Navajo NationEarrings

Alternate view showing post for pierced ears.

Jeweler Once Known
  • Category: Earrings
  • Origin: Diné of the Navajo Nation
  • Medium: sterling silver, turquoise
  • Size:
    2-⅝” overall length x ⅞” width
  • Item # C4643.34
  • SOLD

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