Southwest Indian Jewelry Zuni Pueblo, SHE-WE-NA Earrings

Zuni Pueblo Hoop Dancer Earrings

Category: Earrings
Origin: Zuni Pueblo, SHE-WE-NA
Medium: silver, multi-stones
Size: 1” long x ⅜” wide;
PAIR
Item # C4751o
Price: $400

These Zuni Pueblo channel inlay earrings are pictorial examples of a Hoop Dancer. The body of the male dancer is made of a white gemstone, his earrings and necklace are made of turquoise, his moccasins and chest are made from spondylus shell, and his hair and loin cloth are jet. The gemstones are surrounded by thin strips of silver, and the hoops are silver.

This wonderful pair of earrings was not signed by the artisan. They are fashioned for pierced ears.

Condition: very good condition

Provenance: this Zuni Pueblo Hoop Dancer Earrings is from a client of Adobe Gallery

Recommended Reading: ZUNI a Village of Silversmiths by James Ostler, Marian Rodee, and Milford Nahohai, Published by Zuni A:Shiwi Publishing, 1996.

TAGS: Southwest Indian Jewelry, Zuni Pueblo

This pair of earrings are made for pierced ears.