Sterling Silver Kokopelli French Hook Earrings.

These Sterling Silver Jewelry Kokopelli French Hook Earrings are elegant and artfully hand made pieces of Sterling Silver jewelry. This Sterling Silver pair of earrings features the playful image of the flute-playing hunchback Kokopelli. These flat Sterling Silver earrings are full of detail in the matting. This is the perfect gift for that fun-loving person who has everything. This pair will match perfectly with any other Silver jewelry that's already in your collection. These earrings hang from the French hook at a length of 1-7/8".

Sterling silver is actually a government standard. To earn the designation "Sterling," the metal must contain at least 92.5 percent silver. It tarnishes over time, requiring a regular polish to restore its luster.

The Kokopelli was so persuasive as a flute playing trickster of Southwest legend, that he could charm an eagle or the wind itself. He is one of the most intriguing and widespread image surviving from ancient Anasazi Indian mythology, and is a prominent figure in Hopi legends. The figure represents a mischievous trickster or the Minstrel, spirit of music. Kokopelli is considered a symbol of fertility who brought well-being to the people, assuring success in hunting, planting and growing crops, and human conception.

The famous hunchbacked flute player, is a symbol of joy and fertility, a roaming deity bringing joy to all, and the Casanova of the Cliff dwellers. Thousands of years old but figuratively speaking very much in the present.