Hohokam Disc Bead Earrings
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Hohokam Disc Bead Earrings
Item: JB-028B-HOHO
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Price: $22.00

These earrings are Hohokam designs.  The Hohokam culture includes indians that lived in the region of central and southern Arizona alon the Gila and Salt Rivers and at the base of the Superstition Mountains.  These designs fall primarialy into what is called the Classic period and are intended to resemble the polychrome ware that they created.  The designs on these beads are created to resemble the designs found on the ancient pottery, they are then carefully applied to handmade porcelain beads.  The backs of the beads have been tinted to resemble the terracotta color of the original pottery. Then they were fired to 2000 degrees F (1200C ) The beads above and below the design bead are glass.

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They are on Sterling Silver Earwires.

Size:beads are approximately 5/8 inch diameter (15mm)  Length from bottom of earwire: about 1 inch (25mm)