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Three Strand Turquoise and Shell Hieshe Necklace with Appendages - C3710B

Category: Jewelry | Posted by Adobe Gallery Team Member | Sat, Jan 2nd 2016, 4:00pm

 

Kewa Pueblo Three Strand Turquoise and Shell Hieshe Necklace with Appendages - C3710B

The Anasazi are the ancient ones, the ones who preceded the contemporary pueblo peoples. At an Anasazi ruin in Utah in 1960, archaeologists unearthed a burial of a female who had passed away around circa 1100. Around the neck of the remains was a beautiful turquoise necklace. Necklaces such as this are still the most favored among the Pueblo people of today.

 

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