Zuni Sun Face Dangle Petit-point Earrings [SOLD]
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Jeweler Once Known
- Category: Earrings
- Origin: Zuni Pueblo, SHE-WE-NA
- Medium: sterling, turquoise, shell and jet
- Size: 1-3/4” x 3/8”
- Item # C3666E SOLD
Zuni Pueblo craftsmen are known for two types of stonework, inlay and petit-point. These wonderful Southwest Indian Jewelry earrings from an unknown jeweler have incorporated both types. The small sun face is inlaid with shell, turquoise and jet. Below the inlaid sun face is a petit-point base with five petit-point dangles falling from the bottom of the base. The earrings have a post back.
Condition: excellent condition.
Recommended Reading: Navajo and Pueblo Earrings 1850-1945-Collected by Robert V. Gallegos
Provenance: from a gentleman in Colorado
Jeweler Once Known
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- Category: Earrings
- Origin: Zuni Pueblo, SHE-WE-NA
- Medium: sterling, turquoise, shell and jet
- Size: 1-3/4” x 3/8”
- Item # C3666E SOLD
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