Kewa - Santo Domingo Mosaic Multi-stone Earrings [SOLD]

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Artist Unknown
  • Category: Earrings
  • Origin: KEWA, Santo Domingo Pueblo
  • Medium: Turquoise, jet, mother of pearl, spondylus shell
  • Size: 1-3/4” length x ¾” width
  • Item # 25783
  • SOLD

These Southwest Indian Jewelry earrings from Santo Domingo are comprised of rectangular cut stones arranged in a herringbone pattern over shell backing.  They are equipped for pierced ears.  There is no artist name.  The arrangement of the colors of the stones provides for a beautiful palette.

 

Condition: original condition

Recommended Reading:

Indian Jewelry of the American Southwest by Sarah Peabody & William A. Turnbaugh.  This book is currently not available from Adobe Gallery

Provenance: from the collection of a Santa Fe resident

Close up view - rectangular cut stones arranged in a herringbone pattern over shell backing

Artist Unknown
  • Category: Earrings
  • Origin: KEWA, Santo Domingo Pueblo
  • Medium: Turquoise, jet, mother of pearl, spondylus shell
  • Size: 1-3/4” length x ¾” width
  • Item # 25783
  • SOLD

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