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.
This is a small sterling silver lizard brooch with multi stone inlay, made by Arnold Maloney, Navajo jewelry maker / artist.
The stones are turquoise, malachite, spiney oyster and onyx.
The pin measures 40mm high and 32mm wide.
4.8 grams total weight.
Very minor signs of wear or tarnish.
Marked Sterling and M, Arnold Maloney Navajo silversmith.