PRODUCT DETAILS
The Navajo started working with silver in the mid 1800s, metalsmiths making things like buckles, buttons, jewelry and tobacco canteens from melted coins and flatware.
Jewelry and its adornment has always been an integral piece of Navajo traditions and craftsmanship and by the start of the 1900s, turquoise and other stones set in silver soldered into bead and leaf and feather designs became the statement of traditional Navajo jewelry.
Native American Sterling Silver Multi Stone Inlay Chief Pendant
The pendant measures 1.5" high and 7/8" at its widest.
Multi stone inlay; turquoise, green turquoise, jasper, coral.
The pendant is unmarked, tested as silver.
On a vintage sterling silver rope chain, 18" long.
9.3 grams total weight.
Minor signs of wear and tarnish.