Squash Blossom Pendant Earrings [SOLD]

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These late 20th century earrings feature a delicate handmade squash blossom that hangs from a post containing a small cabochon of robin’s egg blue turquoise that has been set in a handmade sawtooth bezel. The earrings from the Navajo Nation are unsigned.


Condition: The Squash Blossom Pendant Earrings are in very good condition.

Provenance: The Diné made earrings come from a gentleman Southwest Indian Jewelry collector in Colorado

Recommended Reading: Southwest Silver Jewelry by Paula Baxter

Note: when we say Diné, as opposed to Navaho or Navajo, we are referring to the people and not the government.  Since 1969, their government refers to itself as the Navajo Nation.  

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