Bear Paw Earrings

Bear paw earrings are Navajo handcrafted of sterling silver and turquoise. Small and light weight, this shadow box style of turquoise earrings are a great gift for that little bit of the Southwest. Sterling silver post is located towards the center.

Our collection of Navajo earrings are made of sterling silver and genuine turquoise, coral, malachite, onyx, spiney oyster shell, amber, lapis and other semi-precious stones. Navajo jewelry has been in existence for approximately 150 years. Atsidi Sani (means “old smith” in Navajo) is considered the grandfather of all Navajo smiths. Handmade silver beads were among the first Native American jewelry Navajo silversmiths made. Although it is not clear what type of metal early Navajo smiths were using, today Native American Indian silver jewelry is made using primarily sterling silver or 14tk gold. Turquoise was not used in American silver jewelry until the 1880’s after Navajo silversmiths started stamping and soldering silver.