Navajo Medicine Man’s Claw Necklace……circa (1860’s -1870’s / early phase)

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Navajo Medicine Man’s Claw Necklace……circa (1860’s -1870’s / early phase):
$1400.00

This is a spectacular and rare Navajo medicine man’snecklace which dates to the 1870’s (possibly older!)

***THIS IS ARARE, AUTHENTIC & ANTIQUE SPECIMEN…..IT’S NOTA VINTAGE NECKLACE LIKE THE MAJORITY OF SQUASH BLOSSOM TYPE NECKLACES WHICHDATE TO THE 1950’s/60’s…IT EVEN PREDATES THE OLDER SQUASH BLOSSOM NECKLACESFROM THE LATE 19TH CENTURY!

Beautifully constructed with natural turquoise, malachite, solderedsilver beads, bear claws and bear bones.

****UNLIKE ITS LATER COUNTERPARTS WHERE THE TURQUOISES WEREINLAID/SET INTO SILVER…..THE OLDER SPECIMEN’S TURQUOISES ARE FREE (like thisspecimen)…..ALSO, THE NECKLACE IS SINEW…AND.. A SMALL CORD OF SINEW WITHORGANIC SAP/GLUE WAS USED TO ATTACH AND SECURE THE SMALLER TURQUOISE TO THEMALACHITE PENDANT!.....NATURALLY OCCURING DEPOSITS OF MALACHITE , LIKETURQUOISE, ARE FOUND IN THE SOUTH WESTERN REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.

******* A VERY RAREAND IMPORTANT OLD NAVAJO ARTIFACT!

Provenance:

Ex- Santa Fe (New Mexico)collection for many years

Ex – New York collection of rare Native arts….1980’s

Present tribal art collection

Measurements:

Total length of necklace…..….approx 14.5 inches

Thanks for looking and feel free to ask any questionsJ