When the thought of recreating some of the most incredible mosaic style turquoise jewelry that was worn in the Mel Gibson movie "APOCALYPTO" came to mind, there was no other mosaic artist I would want to create them & know they'd be done right,than by my dear friend from the Kewa Pueblo "WARREN NIETO".. I am honored to have such an artist as Warren who immediately knew what I was talking about & he couldn't have made a more STUNNING looking earring by giving us the best jewelry from 2 separate cultures!!

For those of you who don't know, there are 2 similar things that the ancient Mayans & the Santo Domingo Pueblo have in common & that's for the fact that both used/use turquoise & both did/do excellent mosaic work, which as you can see, came effortless for Warren to do! So these are Kewa Pueblo made, but with a ancient old Maya look!

Being the true artist he is without copying others, it wasn't about doing them the same exact way, but rather giving you the "Style".. If you've seen the movie, you can see this style earring being worn by the Mayan leader, when the innocent group of people were captured, painted blue & then brought to the alter, only to be beheaded & offered as a sacrifice.. (See last photo)

Everything about these are made by hand, with each little rectangular cut that is mosaic inlaid inside the round shaped top, to the round cut of orange spiny oyster that sits in the center, to the turquoise beads at the bottom! But it's not just all the time Warren put in to do the tops, BUT the tubular-cone shaped dangles were made by taking from a larger cut of turquoise & then one by one, making them into a tubular-tapered cone type dangle..

The dangles are anchored by way of waxed string which also give these a ancient Ancestral Puebloan feel, where if you zoom in on the photos & especially photo 7 where they are pointed out.This style was used by the Anasazi in the Chaco Canyon /Mesa Verde region before modern day sterling jump rings were used & which come from the time period around 900-1300 AD!!

These are made EXCLUSIVELY for my store & guaranteed you won't be able to get them, nor buy them from another seller!

+++**I do want to mention that these earrings have some weight,so please know what weight you're comfortable with before purchasing**+++But they are SO worth wearing if you can do it!!