Turquoise Jewelry Silver Eagle French Hook Earrings.

These earrings are truly beautiful works of wearable art. This pair features the impressive lost wax image of the mighty eagle. Each Sterling Silver Eagle figure holds a hand cut cab of block Turquoise underneath. A pair of Sterling Silver feather figures dangle from the bottom of each earring. These earrings hang from their French hooks at a length of 2-1/4".

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.