Silver and Turquoise Choker Style Diné Necklace [SOLD]
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- Category: Necklaces
- Origin: Diné of the Navajo Nation
- Medium: silver, turquoise
- Size: 17” long;
1-¼” x 1-⅛” each pendant - Item # C4405A SOLD
This exciting twentieth-century silver and turquoise choker consists of five pendants on a string of handmade silver beads. Each pendant highlights a large natural turquoise gemstone mounted in a silver bezel and resting on a silver plate that has been sculpted with four semicircles protruding beyond the confines of the gemstone. Each of these protrusions has been blackened for effect and outlined with a silver frame. A twisted silver wire rope surrounds each bezel.
The five pendants are strung on a necklace of small and delicate handmade silver beads. A silver clasp finishes off the ends. The choker is not signed with the name of the artist.
Condition: very good condition
Provenance: this Silver and Turquoise Choker Style Diné Necklace is from the collection of a resident of Taos
Recommended Reading: Navajo Jewelry: A Legacy of Silver and Stone by Lois Jacka, et al.
- Category: Necklaces
- Origin: Diné of the Navajo Nation
- Medium: silver, turquoise
- Size: 17” long;
1-¼” x 1-⅛” each pendant - Item # C4405A SOLD
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