Navajo Squash Blossom Earrings

Utterly Traditional Classics.. Stamped with the Feather Fan?Sun? Flower Design…Sterling Silver

C5060b

In Navajo tradition the squash blossom references the squash plant, one of the Three Sisters crops central to Native American agricultural life, and carries associations with fertility, abundance and protection.

This piece incorporates a feather, understood in Native American culture as a gift from the sky representing honour, strength and wisdom, and believed to carry prayers to the Creator.

This piece incorporates a sun, a symbol of life, warmth, abundance and continuity central to Navajo, Zuni and Hopi tradition, with the Zuni Sunface depicting the Sun Father with a forehead split to represent sunrise and sunset.

Sourced directly from Native American artists on the reservations of New Mexico and Arizona, handmade using traditional techniques passed down through generations.

Dimensions: 3.75cm x 1.3cm.