Fancy Zuni Snake Eye Earrings with Oxidized Background [SOLD]

An especially talented Zuni Pueblo lapidary artist cut and shaped multiple pieces of turquoise and set them in four curvilinear sections. Each section has two small cabochons and two silver drops set on an oxidized background. The sections swirl around each other and have small silver drops set as accents on the edge forming a pendant. The pendant hangs from a post with two small turquoise snake eyes. They date from the late 20th Century and are unsigned.

Condition: The Fancy Zuni Snake Eye Earrings with Oxidized Background are in excellent condition.

Provenance: from a Southwest Indian Jewelry collector in Colorado

Recommended Reading:

- Skystone and Silver: The Collectors Book of Southwestern Indian Jewelry by Carl Rosnek and Joseph Stacey

- Zuni Jewelry by Theda Bassman

Relative Links: Southwest Indian Jewelry, Zuni Pueblo, Earrings