Zuni Pueblo Double Row Snake Eye Turquoise Earrings [SOLD]

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Jeweler Once Known
  • Category: Earrings
  • Origin: Zuni Pueblo, SHE-WE-NA
  • Medium: silver, turquoise
  • Size: 2-¾” long x ⅜” wide
  • Item # C4643.80
  • SOLD

For these Zuni Pueblo earrings, a long silver strip is the foundation for two parallel rows of snake eye turquoise cabochons. Separating the rows of turquoise is a silver rod with a flower at the top. A silver flower with a single turquoise cab covers the pierced ear post. Three silver bars hang from the bottom. The earrings do not carry the name of the maker.


Condition: very good condition

Provenance: these Zuni Pueblo Double Row Snake Eye Turquoise Earrings are from a private collection

Recommended Reading: Navajo and Pueblo Earrings 1850-1945 by Robert Bauver

TAGS: Southwest Indian JewelryZuni Pueblo

Alternate view showing as worn.

Jeweler Once Known
  • Category: Earrings
  • Origin: Zuni Pueblo, SHE-WE-NA
  • Medium: silver, turquoise
  • Size: 2-¾” long x ⅜” wide
  • Item # C4643.80
  • SOLD

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