Navajo Thunderbird Earrings

Navajo jeweler, Vernon Begay, made these sterling silver earrings with natural green turquoise.  The turquoise is natural Manassa.  It is a deep forest green with golden matrix.  The Thunderbirds are hand-stamped with details on the face, wings and feathers.  The three sterling silver dangles could be rain.  They dangle from sterling silver wires and stamped "Sterling on the backs.  More about Thunderbirds below.

Size: 3" H x 1" W - Stones are .625" H x .5" W

Thunderbirds are intelligent forces of nature with the power of thunder.  They are associated with lightening and rain.