Cerrillos Turquoise Squash Blossom Necklace
Navajo
- Savvy Price $850.00
- Gallery Price $975.00
- Title
- Cerrillos Turquoise Squash Blossom Necklace
- Artist
- Navajo
- Medium
- Sterling silver and high content coin from silver ingot from which silver sheet was rolled to fabricate the naja beads and three petal blossoms.
- Troy ounces
- 2.67 troy ounces
- Size
- Necklace portion is 26" overall with the naja. Naja is 2" height X 1 13/16" width. Blossoms are each 1" length approx X 5/16" width
- Date of creation
- 1945 - early 1950's
- Condition
- Excellent
- Turquoise
- Softly defined triangulate "pillow" cabochon of deep blue green natural Cerrillos turquoise from New Mexico. 5/16 " X 5/ 16" at bottom.
- Provenance
- JW
- Gram weight
- 83.0 grams
- About The Cerrillos Turquoise Squash Blossom Necklace
This very basic 28 blossom necklace with swedged wire "buttons" was most likely made by a Navajo artist.
Its turquoise triangulate bezel set cabochon is punctuated with white matrix at its center.
The necklace is beautifully simple and honest, embellished only with the patina of over 75 years of respectful wear.
The naja and blossoms are symbols of fruitfullness, life and growth worn by both men and woemn to bring abundance in many forms.
- About Navajo
- "Dineh or Diné are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States. They are the second largest federally recognized tribe in the United States with over 300,000 enrolled tribal members as of 2015. The Navajo reservation occupies over 27,000 square miles of land in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Navajo language is spoken throughout the reservation with most Navajos speaking English as well." excerpted from Wikipedia
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