Southwest Indian Jewelry Zuni Pueblo, SHE-WE-NA Necklaces

Zuni Silver and Inlay Butterfly Necklace [R]

Artist Unknown

Category: Necklaces
Origin: Zuni Pueblo, SHE-WE-NA
Medium: silver, turquoise, spondylus shell, jet
Size: 2” x 2” butterfly; 19-1/4” chain length
Item # C3750H
Price No Longer Available

This exquisite sterling silver sculpted butterfly pin is not signed with the name of the artisan but it appears to be an early Zuni piece perhaps from the 1940s. The silver chain is handmade and each link in the chain is stamped with a design. It is quite possible that the butterfly was a pin at one time and has been converted to a necklace.

Condition: excellent condition

Recommended Reading: Jewelry by Southwest American Indians: Evolving Designs by Nancy Schiffer

Provenance: from a gentleman in Colorado

Close up view of the butterfly