Turquoise Cow Totem Heishi Bead Silver French Hook Earrings 2954-ER
Turquoise Cow Totem Heishi Bead Silver French Hook Earrings.
These earrings are true beauties. Each one features a hand cut cow totem of sky blue block Turquoise. These traditional bear symbols artfully dangle from the bottoms of strands of block Turquoise and genuine Penn Shell heishi beads. Turquoise jewelry is high in fashion now. You'll definitely be dressed in style with this pair on. These earrings hang from their French hooks at a length of 1-7/8".
Turquoise has been, since about 200 B.C., extensively used by southwestern U.S Native Americans and by many of the Indian tribes in Mexico. The Native American Jewelry or "Indian style" jewelry with turquoise mounted in or with silver is relatively new. Some believe this style of Jewelry was unknown prior to about 1880, when a white trader persuaded a Navajo craftsman to make turquoise and silver jewelry using coin silver. Prior to this time, the Native Americans had made solid turquoise beads, carvings, and inlaid mosaics. Recently, turquoise has found wide acceptance among people of all walks of life and from many different ethnic groups. |