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Acoma Pueblo Squash Blossom Necklace by Clyde Hunt - C3785E

Category: Jewelry | Posted by Adobe Gallery Team Member | Fri, Jun 17th 2016, 3:21pm

Clyde Hunt Jewelry - C3785EIn 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"

 

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