Acoma Pueblo Squash Blossom Necklace [SOLD]
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- Category: Necklaces
- Origin: Acoma Pueblo, Haak’u
- Medium: sterling silver, turquoise
- Size: 26” long; 2” x 2” naja
- Item # C3785E SOLD
In 1939, Chief Sunny Skies, a Native of Acoma Pueblo, was planning on marrying a woman named Estelle and he made for her a silver and turquoise necklace with beautiful handmade silver beads, eighteen handmade blossoms, each with a beautiful turquoise stone, and a naja with a magnificent turquoise stone in its center. On the back of the naja, he inscribed “To Estelle from Sunny Skies, 1939, Made by Sunny Skies, Wedding Necklace”
It is an amazing squash blossom necklace and probably one of the rarest ones since it was made by an Acoma Indian. The inscription is remarkable. Chief Sunny Skies had a trading post located on the main street in Carlsbad, New Mexico, for over 40 years which was closed in 1977. His wife, Estelle, passed away in 1978. Chief Sunny Skies, whose other name was Clyde Hunt, was the son of Chief Big Snake (Edward Hunt) also of Acoma Pueblo.
Condition: excellent
Provenance: from the family of Chief Sunny Skies
Recommended Reading: Jewelry by Southwest American Indians: Evolving Designs by Nancy Schiffer
- Category: Necklaces
- Origin: Acoma Pueblo, Haak’u
- Medium: sterling silver, turquoise
- Size: 26” long; 2” x 2” naja
- Item # C3785E SOLD
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