Created as an homage to my desert ancestors, I focus on the historical significance of Indigenous southwestern tribal adornment culture and the perpetuation of those adornment practices perpetuated into the 21st century. In honor of my Navajo & Hopi Pueblo People & my ancestral matriarchs, and male relatives who adorned themselves with elements of the earth. Be Matriarch. Hózhó Nashá- Beauty all Around. Venaya Yazzie
Monday, February 10, 2014
Old School Navajo earrings.
Antique Navajo silver and turquoise earrings
These earrings are antique pieces I am guessing where made in the early twentieth century. Via historical photographs I have see such earring designs on men, which was a common practice. The design of these earrings lends to the half-moon shape that is now used in the Navajo Squash Blossom necklace.
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