Kewa Pueblo Sky and Ocean Earrings

Kewa Pueblo jeweler, Lupita Calabaza, inlaid natural sky blue turquoise on beautiful orange shells.  A narrow bar of sterling silver lies underneath the turquoise.  A perfect blend of sky and ocean.  They dangle from sterling silver wires.

Size: 2" H x .75" W - includes wires

The people of Kewa Pueblo in New Mexico have been making these types of earrings for hundreds of years.  They used to chip out the stone and shape it by rubbing it on sandstone for many hours and use tree pitch as an adhesive.  Now they use lapidary tools and modern materials as an adhesive. The shells were traded for by people living along the Sea of Cortez.