Earrings, Naja in Sterling on Wires

1 1/2" long.  Sterling 

Contemporary Southwest Style Earrings in Soft Satin Finish.

With probable Paleolithic origins, the inverted crescent form (called Naja by the Navajo) has represented the Phoenician goddess of fertility, Astarte, and is mentioned in the Book of Judges among the “ornaments on camels’ necks.” The Moors – who dominated Spain for eight centuries – adopted the crescent as a horse’s bridle ornament, to protect the horse and rider from “the evil eye”. The Spanish then brought the idea to the Americas in the late 16th century.

Hand Made in Santa Fe, NM since 1987.

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