APPLE CORAL & MOTHER OF PEARL SHELL EARRINGS BY VERONICA TORTALITO KEWA
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Product code: 2263 Categories: Earrings, Jewelry$66.00
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Besides their beautiful heishi jewelry, Santo Domingo artists are known for their slab stone earrings. Slab earrings are hand-cut from rough rock, shaped, and polished. There is little or no silver work, so the beauty of the stone stands out. Traditionally, slab earrings were made out of shell or turquoise, but now Santo Domingo artists are creating earrings in different stones.
Kewa (Santo Domingo) artist, Veronica Tortalito hand crafted these lovely earrings. There is mosaic Apple Coral and Mother of Pearl Shell inlaid with silver on top of a jet slab. These earrings will look fabulous with any outfit. Weighs 12 grams.
7/8” wide x 1” long
1 5/8″ long (including ear wire)
Artist card included
Kewa (Santo Domingo) artists are known for their heishi. The word “heishi“ means “shell” in the Keresan language. Traditionally Santo Domingo jewelry makers created their heishi jewelry out of shell. The shell is hand cut into a flat disc. Today, other stones that Santo Domingo artists cut in this manner, are also referred to as heishi. With modern tools and innovations, artists can create different styles of beads and use different gemstones like turquoise, coral, jet, serpentine, and spiny oyster.
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Weight | .5 lbs |
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