Inv# VPSTDL1901

Guarantee:  Sterling Silver hand-formed, hand-tooled post-style earrings by Dine’ [Navajo] Native American jewelry artist Vincent Platero; approx. 2.2” long from ear post.

Detailed Description:  Post-style Sterling Silver hand-formed and hand-tooled earrings by Diné [Navajo] Native American jewelry artist Vincent Platero.

Materials:  Sterling Silver

Detailed Dimensions.  [Dimensions are approximate; measurements made with a micrometer]

• Earring Total dangle length from ear post:  2.2”

• Earring dangle’s widest width:  1.4”

• Post Ear button diameter: 0.7”

• Weight:  17.5 grams

Comments.  We are delighted to offer these large and beautiful Sterling Silver hand-formed & elaborately hand-tooled post-style earrings by Dine’ [Navajo] Native American artist Vincent Platero.  Vincent is known for his beautifully designed and superbly hand-crafted Sterling Silver earrings, as evident in this pair with tear-drop shaped silver dangles.  The precision and balance of his hand-tooling on the dangles is simply superb. 

The U.S. jewelry market is now flooded with inexpensive fake “American Indian” silver jewelry that in fact originates in foreign countries and is either hand-made in ‘sweat shops’ or is mass-produced by machine in factories.  Many Native American artists rely on sale of their unique art to support themselves and their families.  So by purchasing Vincent’s superb hand-made earrings, you are supporting not only a skilled Native American artist, but also helping to preserve the threatened hand-crafted art knowledge, vision and skills handed down by previous generations of their ancestors.  Native Americans are not only the first occupants of America—they also are the first American artists as reflected in prehistoric dwellings, petroglyphs, pictographs, paintings, basketry, pottery, foot wear, and clothing.