Product code: Vintage Rare Zuni Sterling Owl Pendant And 18” popular Chain w/Earrings
The Owl is hand crafted mother of pearl, shell, turquoise, black onyx. The Owl pendant is 28 mm 1 1/8 long by 14mm 1/2” wide. The post earrings are 15mm 1/2” by 8mm 1/2”. The link chain is sterling 18”,there is 9.17 gram wt of work silver. What does the owl mean to the Zuni While each tribe views the animals differently, the Zuni say their Owl is the protector of the home. He represents wisdom and popular truth and has the ability to see what others cannot. The owl was a symbol for Athena, goddess of wisdom and strategy, before the Greeks gave their pantheon human forms. According to myth, an owl sat on Athena's blind side, so that she could see the whole truth. In Ancient Greece, the owl was a symbol of a higher wisdom, and it was also a guardian of the Acropolis.
The Owl is hand crafted mother of pearl, shell, turquoise, black onyx. The Owl pendant is 28 mm 1 1/8 long by 14mm 1/2” wide. The post earrings are 15mm 1/2” by 8mm 1/2”. The link chain is sterling 18”,there is 9.17 gram wt of work silver. What does the owl mean to the Zuni While each tribe views the animals differently, the Zuni say their Owl is the protector of the home. He represents wisdom and popular truth and has the ability to see what others cannot. The owl was a symbol for Athena, goddess of wisdom and strategy, before the Greeks gave their pantheon human forms. According to myth, an owl sat on Athena's blind side, so that she could see the whole truth. In Ancient Greece, the owl was a symbol of a higher wisdom, and it was also a guardian of the Acropolis.