Navajo suite of Necklace and Earrings set with sleeping beauty turquoise, 1990s
£250.00
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Navajo suite of Necklace and Earrings set with sleeping beauty turquoise, 1990s
This is a beautiful and high quality suite of a silver necklace and matching earrings set with ‘Sleeping Beauty’ turquoise. The necklace has three linked stations employing the overlay technique of building up different layers on the design, which represents flying eagles against a background of stylised clouds. Both the necklace and earrings are fitted with bright blue turquoise bead drops, the purity and colour of the stone indicating a provenance from the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ mine, located in Globe, Arizona, which was the only source for turquoise of this type and closed in 2012 enhancing the rarity of the stone today. For many years it was extremely popular among Native American artists, particularly from the Zuni Pueblo region.The Navajo are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States with the largest reservation in the country, mainly concentrated in Arizona and New Mexico. Their silverwork, which they began to produce in the late C19th, came to enjoy great popularity and often employed the use of turquoise. This matching suite is an excellent example of their work. The necklace is marked ‘Sterling’ for 925 silver and the same material would have been used throughout, providing a perfect backdrop to the ‘sleeping beauties’.
| Size: | Necklace is 48cm long, central pendant is 39mm x 47mm, Earrings are 44mm x 13mm |
| Weight: | 25 grams for all |
| Date: | 1990s |
| Condition: | Good condition, no issues |
| Price: | £250 |
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