Sandcast Turquoise Naja Pendant NAVAJO Thick Sterling Silver old pawn No reserve

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Sandcast Turquoise Naja Pendant NAVAJO Thick Sterling Silver old pawn No reserve:
$68.00

This is a great piece. An old Naja I picked up in Morenci AZ. It is sterling silver with a beautiful piece of spiderweb turquoise. It\'s 2 1/2\" long by 1 1/2\" wide and weighs 13.7 grams.

I travel all over Arizona for work and stop by ever pawn shop, trading post, music/jewelry store I can. I also love the little road side set ups on the reservations! My work is boring but the stops never are.

Silversmiths dominate the production of jewelry centered in the Four Corners region of the American Southwest. Early in the 1800s, Spanish and, later, Mexican, silver buttons, bridles, etc. became available in what is now Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and, Utah through acquisition and trade. Navajo (Diné) artists began working silver in the 1850s after learning the art from Mexican smiths. The Zuni, who admired the silver jewelry made by Navajo smiths, traded livestock for instruction in working silver. By 1890, Zuni smiths had instructed the Hopi as well

Apachemen and women have traditionally worn a variety of jewelry, including earrings and bracelets with strung beads of shell and turquoise. Many bracelets and other jewelry are made of silver with turquoise inlays, and rings have been made from brass or silver. Apache women historically wore a number of necklaces simultaneously, from chokers to strung beads ofabaloneand other shells, turquoise, jet, stones, glass beads, and certain seeds, such asmountain laurelseeds,and even plant roots. Necklaces often feature abalone shell pendants.

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