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Navajo Petit Silver, Coral and Turquoise Squash Blossom Necklace - C3696E

Category: Jewelry | Posted by Adobe Gallery Team Member | Sat, Jul 16th 2016, 5:51pm

Navajo Indian Jewelry - C3696EThis squash blossom necklace is of a smaller size than most, a size called dainty or petit.  It appears to have been made in the 1960s by a Navajo artisan named HALEY who was a silversmith working forAtkinson Trading Company of Gallup, New Mexico.  Trading posts such as this would provide all the materials to smiths and then pay them for the labor costs.

 

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