Handsome sterling silver crossed arrows pin is set with an oval, natural blue turquoise stone. The hand-cut cabochon is laced with a little white crystal and slightly golden matrix material and is very hard.
Very clean and attractive use of the arrow motif, the pin back is equippe with an early "round head" safety and would look wonderful on anything from a hat to vest to shirt. It is one of those designs that adapts itself to either a gentleman's or lady's wardrobe.
Description | Handsome sterling silver crossed arrows pin is set with an oval, natural blue turquoise stone. The hand-cut cabochon is laced with a little white crystal and slightly golden matrix material and is very hard. Very clean and attractive use of the arrow motif, the pin back is equippe with an early "round head" safety and would look wonderful on anything from a hat to vest to shirt. It is one of those designs that adapts itself to either a gentleman's or lady's wardrobe. |
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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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Culture | American Indian, Navajo |
Medium | Sterling silver and natural turquoise |
Size | The pin measures 2 5/16" across from fletching to fletching and is 1" in height. The oval stone is 1/2" in height and 5/16" in width. |
Signed | No, but it is stamped Sterling twice on the back. |
Date of creation | Circa 1920's - early 1930's |
Condition | Excellent |
Turquoise | Natural oval turquoise |
Design | Crisp diagonal hatched lines define fletching of arrows. |
Provenance | Consigned by an Arizona artist who assembled her collection over the last 30 years. KW 42 |