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Navajo or Zuni #8 Mine Spider Web Squash Blossom Necklace
Navajo
- About The Navajo or Zuni #8 Mine Spider Web Squash Blossom Necklace
This magnificent squash blossom and naja necklace is a very fine example of Native American silvermithing and design. It is also a stunning display of very rare, natural #8 mine Spider Web turquoise.
Not a small statement, this necklace created in the 1950's can easily by worn by a gentleman or by a woman. The style is appealing to lovers of Zuni and Navajo work and will handsomely harmonize with the best of both cultures.
Savvy Price $5,800.00
Gallery Price $6,500.00
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| Description | This magnificent squash blossom and naja necklace is a very fine example of Native American silvermithing and design. It is also a stunning display of very rare, natural #8 mine Spider Web turquoise. Not a small statement, this necklace created in the 1950's can easily by worn by a gentleman or by a woman. The style is appealing to lovers of Zuni and Navajo work and will handsomely harmonize with the best of both cultures. |
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| About the Artist | "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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| Medium | Sterling silver and high grade natural #8 mine turquoise |
| Troy ounces | 9.28 troy ounces |
| Size | Necklace is 30" in length (outer strand). Naja is 2 3/4" height X 2 3/4" width. Graduated blossoms range from 2 1/4" in length to 2 1/16" length |
| Date of creation | 1950's |
| Turquoise | Natural #8 mine Spider Web turquoise |
| Description | Sheet and wire fabricated and stamped with some repousse used to enhance the stamped and cut out leaf ornaments. |
| Provenance | KW |
| Gram weight | 288.6 grams |
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is Corinne Cain, ASA
Phoenix, AZ
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