Vintage Native America Indian Jewelry Navajo Sterling Silver Sleeping Beauty outlets Turquoise Earrings Southwestern Zuni Petit Point Needlepoint

Authentic Vintage Beautiful Native American Indian Earrings Handcrafted of Sterling Silver and Sleeping Beauty Turquoise. Zuni Petit Point. Each Earring has 7 petit Point Turquoise. Here is a chance to own earrings with Sleeping Beauty Turquoise. Sleeping Beauty Turquoise is becoming increasingly harder to obtain as the mine is no longer mining for turquoise.
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Handcrafted by Artist F. Sellers❤️

- Zuni Petit point Jewelry began around 1920-1930 and was a unique form of Turquoise Jewelry created by the Zuni Indians. A Petit Point stone is a tiny round, oval, rectangle, pear or square shaped stone hand cut by a Zuni Indian Lapidarist. Zuni Petit Point Jewelry is unique to the Zuni Indian Artisans and not made anywhere else in the world. It is special Jewelry that is impressive wearable art.

Turquoise, or “Doo tl' izh ii” in Navajo, holds a very special significance in several Native American cultures, especially for the Navajo people. This semi-precious gemstone that is often called the “stone of life” is currently well-known because outlets of the popularity of Navajo turquoise jewelry, but it has a long and fascinating history dating back many centuries to the ancient civilizations across the Southwest. Today, authentic turquoise is still highly prized for its scarcity and beauty, and in some cases its historical significance.