Oaxaca silver filigree earrings with Turquoise beads. These gorgeous and feminine earrings carry a nice artisan work that will add a very special touch to your everyday look.
These completely handmade silver earrings were built with the filigree technique, a very old jewelry technique that several countries in the world mastered. One of them is, of course, Mexico. These earrings were created in Oaxaca, a beautiful southern state on the cost of Mexico.
It is a well known state, not only for its natural beauty but also for its friendly people, colorful native clothes and exquisite cuisine. This state also creates very unique and special gold and silver jewelry, filigree being one of their specialties!
These kind of jewelry is worn mainly by the "Tehauanas", you cannot see a good Tehuana, wearing a gorgeous, colorful "huipil" without these kind of jewelry, adding a wonderful and ethnic ornamental touch, well known all over the world!
They not only have a gorgeous filigree work but they also carry several natural Turquoise beads, adding a more feminine and attractive look.
We also call these kind of earrings, Frida Kahlo style, due to the fame that this Mexican artist brought to not only this kind of jewelry but to the colorful Huipiles too.
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