Turquoise Sterling Silver Kokopelli French Hook Earrings 3318-ER
Turquoise Sterling Silver Kokopelli French Hook Earrings
Dress yourself in style. These impressive earrings were finely hand crafted from shimmering Sterling Silver. Each of these earrings feature the lost wax image of a dancing, flute playing Kokopelli. Plus, each earring has a hand cut cab of block Turquoise that has been set in a Sterling Silver casing. A pair of Sterling Silver feathers dangle from the bottom of each earring. These earrings hang from their French hooks at a length of 2-3/8". Made in the U.S.A.
In Indian folklore it is said that there was once a chief with turquoise colored skin. One day he was running from his enemies in the hot desert. Whenever he stopped to rest, his perspiration ran onto the ground, collected in rocks and became turquoise.
The Kokopelli was so persuasive as a flute playing trickster of Southwest legend he supposedly could charm an eagle or the wind itself. He is one of the most intriguing and widespread images 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, growing crops, and human conception. |