Traditional Turquoise Sterling Silver Post Earrings 0789-ER
Traditional Turquoise Sterling Silver Post Earrings.
A dainty and elegant pair of earrings in Sterling Silver, framing a pair of soft blue block Turquoise cabochons. They are 3/4" long with post backs for pierced ears. Made in New Mexico and stamped Ster (Sterling).Turquoise and Silver, you can't go wrong with that. The riches of the earth, the power and purity of precious metal and gem stones, combined in a work of wearable art. You'll draw on it's qualities as it becomes a part of you.
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. |