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Perfectly Wearable 1930's Classic Squash Blossom Necklace

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Title: Perfectly Wearable 1930's Classic Squash Blossom Necklace
Artist: Navajo
Medium: Sterling silver with extraordinary turquoise (Lone Mountain & Kingman)
Troy ounces: 2.86 troy ounces
Size: Necklace is 18" in length with a tufa cast naja measuring 2 1/4" height X 1 15/16" width. Blossoms are 1 1/2" in length.
Date of creation: 1930's
Condition: Perfect !
Turquoise: Top oval cabochon is Lone Mountain Spider Web, while possibly Kingman mine was the source of the cabs at each terminal.
Design: 44 very round beads, stamped with hand-made stamps are a delight to roll between your fingers. Bezels cupping the turquoise are hand fashioned, not commercial.
Provenance: Consigned by an astute collector of extremely special AI jewelry COC
Gram weight: 88.6 grams; Quick Inquiry Email Friend

About The Perfectly Wearable 1930's Classic Squash Blossom Necklace

This is absolutely one of the five most wearable squash blossom necklaces we've ever had.

It embraces the base of the neck like an Egyptian collar, creating a visual pedestal for the head and neck above. The naja and blossoms radiate from the circle of hand-made, stamp-decorated silver beads resting lightly across the upper chest from shoulder to shoulder just above the blossom--an intriguing and very feminine accent !

Though unmarked, we can say this beautiful piece was created by a master Native American craftsman some time between 1932 and 1942. Because many Navajo, Hopi and Zuni jewelers' works were focused on filling the Anglo traders' demands for a certain look during this time, it is difficult to ascertain from which tribe this elegant piece derives its origin. The aesthetic is most consistent with Navajo designed necklaces.

History aside, this is a perfect little necklace and what better time to wear symbols of abundance and new life ? ! Turquoise is synonymous with sky and water--life and good fortune--abundance to the farmer for his crops and herds. Squash blossoms remain symbols of fertility.

About Navajo

The Navajo were the first of the Native Americans of the Southwest to learn silversmithing from the Spanish. Most Navajo jewelry emphasizes silver, with turquoise stones used as an accent. Some pieces are cast in sand or tufa molds, while others are hammered, using a male stamp and a female die.

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