ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born, raised & presently residing on the Navajo reservation in the town of To’hajiilee,(Toe-hah-jah-lee) NM, Navajo artisan Dakota Willie was born to make jewelry. And when you got the last name "Willie" & your father is RONNIE WILLIE, there's no way you can escape the art of creating jewelry, because just about everyone in the family makes jewelry & all have made a name for themselves in the industry.(See my Ronnie Willie, Tawny Willie (Cruz), Cooper Willie,Shaminika Willie & Rudy Willie listings who are just a few of Dakotas cousins & the latter being his uncle.)

Dakota learned like many Navajo children learn & whether it's the parents, the uncles, aunts or grandparents, in Dakota's case it was his father Ronnie Willie (See my listings) & his mother who took Dakota under their wing when he was only 8 years old & has now been making jewelry for 23 years.

Dakota is an "Artist" & not just in jewelry design, he also spends his time as a clothing fashion designer, loves to paint & loves doing anything that's artistic & creative..He specializes in traditional Navajo jewelry & many are made with a contemporary edginess..

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THE EARRINGS:

Dakota paid homage to his family's Navajo rug weavings, but turned the design from the woven rugs into a "metal art" form. The rectangular design hangs from a square shape top & are made in a elongated linear shape drop style earring. They are simple in design,where the hand stamped diamond shaped pattern runs along the center.

They are finished in a mirror polished sterling,which gives them a contemporary modern day Native vibe.. These will be the perfect compliment to newly made Native jewelry that shares this same finishing And lastly, you can't forget about pairing these with strands of contemporary to lightly oxidized Navajo Pearls & how well they'll compliment the other!

Your ears will love these for their weight! They are very wearable & can take you from day to night!

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INFO:

ARTIST: DAKOTA WILLIE - MADE EXCLUSIVELY FOR PLATA DE SANTA FE JEWELRY

TRIBAL AFFILIATION: NAVAJO

MEASUREMENTS: 2.25" X 5/8"

COMBINED WEIGHT: 13.4 GRAMS

METAL: STERLING

FINISHING: CONTEMPORARY-LIGHTLY OXIDIZED

EAR STYLE: POSTS

HALLMARK: Dakota T. Willie-Sterling

COMES GIFT BOXED

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PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING

In order to give you close up photos so I can provide you with all the detail, photos can tend to make the item look much more larger & everything is more magnified & exaggerated than in actuality. Close up's make the item look so large & then you get it in hand & you are shocked since the item is much smaller than how they looked in the photos..Also because of the close up photos, things that look highly obvious in the photos, usually would have to have it pointed out in person. So to get an accurate idea of how big these are,please either check them out being worn to get a rough idea (photo 2 ) or you can pull out a tape measure & compare to my given measurements