Dentalium – Medicine Wheel 1 Tear Small Heart Earrings
$43.00
Dentalium – Medicine Wheel 1 Tear Small Heart Earrings feature flowing dentalium shells accented with medicine wheel colors and a luminous mother of pearl heart. These elegant statement earrings reflect balance, protection, and cultural heritage through layered symbolism and refined craftsmanship.
Description
Dentalium – Medicine Wheel 1 Tear Small Heart Earrings are a powerful expression of movement, tradition, and meaning. Slender dentalium shells create the elongated 7.25-inch drop, accented with silver beads, pearl beads, glass beads, silver cone beads, and a radiant mother of pearl heart. The color palette of white, yellow, red, and black reflects the sacred medicine wheel, complemented by silver and brown tones for balance and depth. Carefully handwoven using durable Nymo thread with leather elements and finished with surgical steel components, the 1 × 7.25-inch silhouette offers graceful motion and striking presence.
In Native American traditions, Dentalium — or tusk shells — are small tubular mollusk shells historically harvested from the Pacific Northwest, particularly around Vancouver Island. Highly valued and widely traded among Indigenous peoples across America, they symbolized wealth, status, and beauty. Dentalium shells were often used to adorn dresses, necklaces, earrings, and ceremonial regalia, reflecting prosperity, honor, and cultural identity.
The medicine wheel colors represent harmony, balance, and the interconnectedness of life’s directions and elements. The single cascading “tear” design evokes renewal and continuity, while the heart motif symbolizes compassion, spiritual wisdom, and connection. The inclusion of mother of pearl enhances themes of protection, intuition, and emotional harmony.
Dentalium – Medicine Wheel 1 Tear Small Heart Earrings honor heritage, balance, and enduring spiritual meaning through a bold yet graceful silhouette.
Details
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Colors: White, yellow, red, black, silver, brown, mother of pearl
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Materials: Dentalium shells, silver beads, pearl beads, glass beads, silver cone beads, mother of pearl hearts, leather, Nymo thread, surgical steel
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Size: 1 × 7.25 inches
Care Instructions: Wipe with damp cloth and keep dry. Dentalium is a delicate shell and can break or crack if you are rough with it. Even though the Nymo thread is nylon based and is very strong, pulling hard and yanking on the earrings can tear the thread. Please be kind to these earrings when you wear them.
