Eagle carries the medicine of earth and sky upon his great wings, feathers tipped with rain and full of the gifts of soil, seas, and sky. With this pendant, Wings honors the grate raptor who also lends us his feathers to send our prayers between that same earth and sky, and the greens and blues of this vaulted world that embraces us daily. The pendant is saw-cut, freehand, of a decently heavy gauge of sterling silver, solid and substantial and with meticulous point- and scallop-work at the end of wings and tail. His feathers also bear the ancient symbols of rain and sun together, and the points that tip his lightning arrows when soaring in his Thunderbird guise. At the center, an extraordinary cabochon of bright sky-blue chrysocolla in orbicular emerald-green malachite, neither trillion nor triangle but something combining the two, rests gently in a simple, spare bezel saw-cut and filed entirely by hand. More simple freehand scorework delineates each row of feathers and stampwork defines the hood of his head and his sharp eye. A small, lightly flared bail is soldered securely to the back just below the head to allow the pendant to lie properly when worn; ships with a 20″ sterling silver snake chain. Pendant is 2-3/4″ long by 3-3/8″ wide at the widest point (all dimensions approximate). A longer view shown below.
Sterling silver; chrysocolla in orbicular malachite
$1,275 + shipping, handling, and insurance
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