Living Nature - Frog Sterling Silver and Jade Frog Dangle Earrings GG15 With lovely macramé openwork

With lovely macramé openwork

Statement earrings featuring a brilliant

Awudu Saaed designs this spectacular mask in honor of linguists for Akan chiefs known as 'Okyeame

Huehuetenango Guatemala

Living Nature - Frog Sterling Silver and Jade Frog Dangle Earrings GG15 With lovely macramé openworkFor the indigenous people of pre Columbian America, especially the Mayas, the yaax chich or 'jade' meant life, fertility, and power. It was the most precious object, even above gold. These dangle earrings, by Guatemalan artisan Zandra Lorena Sajbin, feature dark green jade ovals on silver ear wires with an etched frog design. Says Sajbin of her designs, 'God has given us the wonderful gift that is nature: flora and fauna. These pieces represent all