Zuni Pueblo Hoop Dancer Earrings [SOLD]
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- Category: Earrings
- Origin: Zuni Pueblo, SHE-WE-NA
- Medium: silver, multi-stones
- Size: 1” long x ⅜” wide;
PAIR - Item # C4751o SOLD
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
- Category: Earrings
- Origin: Zuni Pueblo, SHE-WE-NA
- Medium: silver, multi-stones
- Size: 1” long x ⅜” wide;
PAIR - Item # C4751o SOLD
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