• Materials: Sterling Silver 925 / Cast
• Measurements: 5/8" X 5/8"" (16mm X 16mm) / Pearl 7/32" (5mm)
• Artists: Carrie Matilpi
• Totem Symbols: Sun
• Gemstones: Pearl
• Styles: Canadian First Nations, Gemstone Jewelry
• Categories: Earrings

Sun

The Sun represents abundance, life, healing, and warmth. Released from a box by the Raven, the Sun Chief inhabits the sky and could only be reached by climbing a chain of arrows. The Sun is often carved on totems and masks and sits atop the tallest totem pole.

Pearl

Pearls represent wisdom gained through experience, and we still refer to precious advice as “pearls of wisdom”. It is associated with the ocean and moon, giving the wearer a sense of calm and serenity. It brings tranquility, and confidence reminding the wearer that “this too shall pass”. The purity of pearls has also been associated with good fortune, humility, abundance, chastity, love and innocence.

Carrie Matilpi

Carrie was born in 1976, her tribes are Kwakiutl, Carrier and Cree. She started silver work in 1994 in an apprenticeship under her father Charles Harper who had been apprenticed under great Lloyd Wadhams in the mid 1970’s. The other major influences of Carrie’s native designs are from her uncles, they are Douglas and Glen Harper, Dennis and George Matilpi, all of them are well known for their wood carvings and jewelry engraving.