Sterling Necklace with 14 Squash Blossoms

Navajo

About The Sterling Necklace with 14 Squash Blossoms

All of the silverwork in this stunning necklace was created from hand-rolled ingot sheet of varied thicknesses.  There are 24 hand-cut oval cabochons of natural, intense blue turquoise.  All cabochons are high domed and incorporate beautiful matrix and surface features of the stone from which it was taken.  

Two sizes of fluted beads were made, each size required a different hand-carved male-female die to strike the two halves, solder joined to make each bead.  The larger beads became squash blossoms with the addition of a silver tube cut and spread into four petals.  

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, USA

Medium

Jewelry

Subject

Keywords

Navajo squash blossom, squash blossom necklace