NATIVE AMERICAN NAVAJO STERLING SILVER BARRETTE

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NATIVE AMERICAN NAVAJO STERLING SILVER BARRETTE:
$72.00

NATIVE AMERICAN
NAVAJO STERLING SILVER BARRETTE

Traditionally hand stamped, this sterling silver barrette will look great in your hair. Great representation of Navajo silver work. Weighs 12 grams.

1” wide x 3 3/8” long

Around 1865, a Navajo Blacksmith Atsidi Sani who admired the silver adornments that the Spaniards and their horses had. Atsidi Sani got the Spaniards to teach him how to work with silver and began making silver conchos. This was the beginning of Navajo jewelry, and soon Atsidi taught his brother and many others how to silversmith. Traditionally, Navajo jewelers made silver jewelry with just stamp work and no stones. Today, they have expanded their jewelry making techniques and they create beautiful jewelry using sand casting, stone inlay, and overlay.