RARE OLD PAWN HOPI NAVAJO OVERLAY SQUASH BLOSSOM VINTAGE RARE STERLING SILVER

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RARE OLD PAWN HOPI NAVAJO OVERLAY SQUASH BLOSSOM VINTAGE RARE STERLING SILVER:
$1400.00

OLD PAWN VINTAGE OVERLAY STORYTELLER HOPI SQUASH BLOSSOM NECKLACE

HANDMADE NATIVE AMERICAN JEWELRY 9 MEDALLIONS

THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE ONE OF A KIND SQUASH BLOSSOM NECKLACE WITH NINE MEDALLIONS FEATURING EXTRAORDINARY ATTENTION TO DETAIL. THE CENTERPIECE IS A BEAUTIFUL, TRADITIONAL SUN FACE WITH UNBELIEVABLY PRECISELY SYMMETRICAL WORK. THE TWO MEDALLIONS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SUN FACE DEPICT A TURKEY, WHOSE FEATHERS ARE USED FOR SEVERAL SACRED RITUALS, IN THE BACKGROUND OF A HOGAN AND CORN STALK, SYMBOLIZING SPIRITUALITY AND LIFE. NEXT, THE TWO MEDALLIONS ABOVE THOSE DEPICT WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN ORNATE THUNDERBIRD--A SUPERNATURAL, VERY POWERFUL BIRD. NEXT TO THE THUNDERBIRD, APPEARS WHAT LOOKS LIKE HOWLING COYOTES--A POWERFUL SEER IN HOPI LORE. THE SMALLEST MEDALLIONS ARE A SHRUNKEN VERSION OF THE THUNDER BIRDS. THIS IS A VERY SACRED COLLECTION OF HOPI SYMBOLS.

THIS NECKLACE IS STRUNG ON ITS ORIGINAL FOX TAIL CORD, THAT HAS DONE A BEAUTIFUL JOB HOLDING UP OVER ALL THESE YEARS. EACH NAVAJO PEARL WAS MADE BY HAND, AND ALTHOUGH CONSISTENT, EACH SHOWS A SMIDGEN OF UNIQUE CHARACTER. THIS IS A BEAUTIFULLY STYLED NECKLACE THAT IS NOT OVER-SIZED OR LARGE LIKE MOST OLD SQUASH BLOSSOMS. IT IS A STATEMENT PIECE, WHILE ALSO BEING PETITE AND MODERN IN STYLE.

THIS PIECE IS HALLMARKED, HOWEVER AFTER EXHAUSTIVE RESEARCH THE HALLMARK DOES NOT SEEM TO BE LISTED IN ANY CATALOG OR DIRECTORY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS ARTIST IS UNLISTED BECAUSE HE OR SHE WAS SIMPLY NOT INTERESTED IN COMMERCIAL ATTENTION, AS MANY ARE NOT. HOWEVER, THE WORK HERE IS OF AN EXTREMELY HIGH CALIBER. OVERLAY WORK THIS PRECISE AND BEAUTIFUL IS VERY UNCOMMON.

DIMENSIONS

TOTAL LENGTH: 22.5\"

CENTER MEDALLION WIDTH: 1.75\"

WEIGHT: 92.8 GRAMS

SIGNED: KACHINA STICK FIGURE

*****All pictures are unedited, no enhancements or photo shop.*****

**THIS ITEM IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT MY GALLERY AND CAN BE SOLD ATANY TIME****

ALLSHIPPING WILL INCLUDE A SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION TO ENSURE ITEM ARRIVES SAFELYB.E.