Navajo Channel Turquoise Inlay Screw Back Earrings

ca. 1950 - 1960

.6875" H x .5625" W  

Hand Crafted from Sterling Silver with 6 Teardrop Turquoise Stones and Screw Backs

In Very Good Condition

Navajo channel turquoise inlay clip earrings are a beautiful style of Native American jewelry, blending Navajo silversmithing with the intricate channel inlay technique (more traditionally associated with Zuni artisans but adopted and adapted by many Navajo artists).
Channel inlay involves creating thin silver channels on a sterling silver base, into which precisely cut pieces of turquoise (often combined with other stones like coral, jet, or shell) are set and polished flush, resulting in vibrant, mosaic-like patterns separated by silver lines.