Inlaid Turquoise Coral Sterling Silver French Hook Earrings 1311-ER
Inlaid Turquoise Coral Sterling Silver French Hook Earrings.
These earrings are a true one of a kind, you won't find another pair like these anywhere else! Intricate inlays of Turquoise & Coral and Genuine Mother of Pearl & Black Jet on a triangle of Sterling Silver. The traditional, inlaid geometric design is elegantly surrounded with a hand twisted wire of Sterling Silver. These earrings will definitely be the talk of the party. These earrings are 2-5/8" long hanging from the French hook and just over 1/4" wide. Stamped Sterling. Design may slightly vary.
There are many legends about Turquoise; The Pima consider it to bring good fortune and strength and that it helped overcome illness. The Zuni believe that blue turquoise was male and of the sky and green turquoise was female and of the earth. Pueblo Indians thought that its color was stolen from the sky. In Hopi legend the lizard who travels between the above and the below, excretes turquoise and that the stone can hold back floods. The Apache felt that turquoise on a gun or bow made it shoot straight. The Navajo consider it as good fortune to wear and believe it could appease the Wind Spirit. |