Sonwai Pair of Gold and Turquoise Pendant-Earrings
18 kt., 2 rectangular matrix turquoise ap. 22.2 x 18.4 mm., signed Sonwai, partially obscured, with maker's mark, ap. 23.5 dwts.

Sonwai, founded in 1989 by the niece of Charles Loloma, Verma Nequatewa (Hopi, b. 1949), evolved as a result of her twenty-year apprenticeship with Loloma. Today, she is recognized as one of the leading Native American lapidary artists.

C From a Private New York Collector

Turquoise: bright medium turquoise blue, matrix throughout, good luster.
Posts. 2 5/8 x 13/16 inches.
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