Guatemalan Jade and Sterling Silver Earrings, "Mayan Legacy"
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These earrings are made in a small workshop in Antigua, Guatemala, by skilled silver artisan Marcelino Alvarado, who is the fourth generation of his family to craft sterling and jade jewelry. The earrings are cut from light green jade slabs by hand using special electric saws, then rounded and given their final shape on a grinding wheel. The sterling silver is worked entirely by hand. Jade has an ancient history not just in Asia, but also in Mesoamerica, where it was used by cultures from the Olmec to the Maya to the Aztec. It symbolized life and death and was used to make figurines, jewelry, and even inlays for teeth.
- 0.11 kgs
- 0.3 lbs
- 5.1 cm L x 1.3 cm W
- 2" L x 0.5" W
- 925 sterling silver, jade
- Natural stone - some variations in color and/or pattern are to be expected
- High polish finish
- Kidney earwire
- Made in Guatemala.
- Ships fast from USA.
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