Sterling Silver Pin of a Coyote Image by Jan Loco [SOLD]

Using one's imagination, it is easy to recollect the time 20 years ago when the howling coyote was associated with Santa Fe, New Mexico. He usually was wearing a colorful scarf around his neck. Apache artist Jan Loco made her contribution to the legend as well. This is her sterling silver howling coyote, which she named "Loco Coyote."

The surface finish on the pin is smooth, with scoring to define the feet and tail, a single stamped Spirit of the Rock cross on the body, and a simple circle for the eye and nose. On the back, she inscribed "Apache handmade, Jan Loco, sterling, 0013-1987 Sterling".

Jan Loco had been adopted by a family at a young age and was not told of her Apache ancestry until she was an adult. Once learning that she was the great-granddaughter of Chief Loco, one of the last of the Apache chiefs, who had been imprisoned in Florida in 1886 by the U. S. Government, she delved into the history and legends of her newly found heritage. It was then that she began making jewelry with meaningful designs related to the Apache culture. She began making jewelry in the 1980s. Jan Loco has not been producing jewelry lately. She departed New Mexico some time ago and her whereabouts are unknown.

Condition: very good condition

Provenance: this Sterling Silver Pin of a Coyote Image by Jan Loco is from the collection of a client from California

Recommended Reading: Indian Jewelry of the American Southwest by Sarah Peabody and William Turnbaugh

TAGS: Southwest Indian Jewelry, Apache