50 Year Old Squash Blossom Necklace Stunning Natural Turquoise

Navajo

50 Year Old Squash Blossom Necklace Stunning Natural Turquoise, Jewelry by Navajo
  • Navajo squash blossom necklace
  • squash blossom
Marked Down $2,600.00
Gallery Price $3,800.00
Title
50 Year Old Squash Blossom Necklace Stunning Natural Turquoise
Artist
Navajo
Medium
Sterling silver, Arizona natural turquoise, specimen grade Water Web Bird's Eye blue green with touches of golden brown matrix
Troy ounces
9.56 troy ounces
Size
Overall length is 26". Naja is 3 1/2" X 3 1/2". Blossoms are graduated 1 3/4" X 7/8" to 1 1/2" X 13/16".
Signed
"Sterling" "PJS" on back of naja
Date of creation
Circa 1970
Condition
Excellent
Turquoise
Natural bird's eye water-web turquoise with golden to dark brown matrix
Description
This handsome, half century old creation can be proudly and happily worn by any gender. Its astonishing, intense turquoise is a complement to endless wardrobe imaginings--as well as to the wearer's excellent taste !
Provenance
B. Nib
Gram weight
271.0 grams
About The 50 Year Old Squash Blossom Necklace Stunning Natural Turquoise

Sterling silver mill-rolled sheet, half round and fine round drawn wire were used in fabrication of this necklace, naja, squash blossoms and beads.  Smelted "rain drops" of silver accent the saw cut and filed framing around smooth bezel set high grade natural turquoise.

Each of these precious blue green stones is hand cut "free form" to minimize waste of this exceptional gem.  The 22 cabochons vary in shape and size, ranging from 1/2" X 7/16" to 1 1/16" X 13/16".  A fine wire rope twist at the base of each blossom bezel is echoed in its outline of the naja interior crescent, tying these elements visually together.

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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Cultures

American Indian, Navajo

Medium

Jewelry

Subject

Keywords

Natural Turquoise, Navajo squash blossom necklace, squash blossom