Inlaid Turquoise Sterling Silver Dangle Post Earrings 1213-ER
Inlaid Turquoise Sterling Silver Dangle Post Earrings.
These Inlaid Turquoise Sterling Silver Dangle Post Earrings are truly impressive works of wearable art. This pair features hand cut pieces of gorgeous genuine Turquoise. Each piece of this beautiful Turquoise has been masterfully inlaid into shimmering channels of Sterling Silver creating a classic geometric pattern. The inlaid Turquoise pattern dangles from a wide hand stamped Sterling Silver post. These Inlaid Turquoise Sterling Silver Dangle Post Earrings are 1-1/2" long. Stamped Sterling.
There are many legends about Turquoise; The Pima consider it to bring good fortune and strength and believe that it helps 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. |