Native American Shell Earrings • Turquoise Accents • Sterling Silver...

These arrowhead earrings are carved out of yellow shell and have a turquoise nugget with sterling silver wire wrap. They measure approximately 1 3/8 long including sterling silver french wire by 1/4 wide at its widest point. Handcrafted by Navajo artisan Jeff Howe. Size of arrowhead may vary.Native Americans believe that the earth is alive and that all things, no matter how small or apparently inanimate, are precious. To the Native Americans, turquoise is life. There are stones medicine men keep in their sacred bundles because they possess powers of healing. Stones and crystals have unique attributes that support and heal us. Turquoise, especially, is known for its positive healing energy, an aid in mental functions, communications and expression and as a protector. If youre wearing a turquoise ring and you look down and see a crack in your stone, the Native Americans would say the stone took it, meaning the stone took the blow that you would have received.