Coral Navajo Slab Earrings

Description

These are designer artisan crafted by Roslyn Sanchez. A pair of apple coral slab earrings. Made from the highest grade materials. Grade AAA apple coral heishi. Wrapped by sterling silver wire and sterling silver earring hooks. Just look at the natural earthy formation in these beauties. Rare apple coral slab earrings. Each one of our slab earrings are unique, different, not one alike.

“Native Americans of the Southwest were introduced to coral by the Spanish, who also brought items such as horses, sheep, wheat, and metalwork. For centuries, Native people had been fashioning beads from shells like spiny oyster, and the deep red Mediterranean coral quickly became a prized material, traded between the Spanish and various pueblos and the Navajo (Diné) people of the Southwest. Native Americans also consider the gem as a sign of wealth and status because of its expense and rarity. Since coral was very pricey then (and still is), it is worn by wealthy individuals, medicine men, and elders. And of course, the darker the red, the better!”

* approx. 2 1/8″ X 1 1/8″ at the widest point which also includes the earring hooks
* unisex
* sterling silver wire and earring hooks
* grade AAA apple coral