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Navajo Made Natural Stone and
Sterling Jewelry - Necklaces, Hair Clips, Barrettes, Earrings (Post and Clip) and Much More 

Navajo Animal Carving
Fetish-Type Necklaces

Hand made Navajo necklaces by Lena Cowboy of the Hard Rock area, Navajo Reservation. Lena is a beautiful weaver but also does innovative beaded jewelry. These items were purchased during the Fall Adopt a Native Elder Food Run to assist the traditional elders on the reservation.

Horses 20 Inch Necklace

Hand beaded Navajo necklace with a variety of real stone horse carvings. The main necklace is made of turquoise and shell beads. The clasp is a silver lobster claw clasp and there is a 2 inch extention so the necklace can extend to 22 inches. The main horse measures 1 and 3/4 long. These are substantial carvings with inlaid eyes. A beautifully made necklace.

Price: $125

 Animals 24 Inch 2 Strand Necklace

Hand beaded Navajo necklace with a variety of real stone animal carvings. The main necklace is made of turquoise, polished stone and shell beads. The clasp is a silver lobster claw clasp. Each carving is a bit over an inch long. These are substantial carvings with inlaid eyes. A beautifully made necklace.

Price: $155



Animals 28 Inch 2 Strand Necklace with Black Bear

Hand beaded Navajo necklace with a variety of real stone animal carvings. The main necklace is made of turquoise and shell beads. The beads are smaller and more delicate than on the previous two necklaces. The clasp is a silver hook clasp. Each carving is a bit over an inch long. These are substantial carvings with inlaid eyes. The main carving, a standing black bear measures 1.5 inches high.  A beautifully made necklace.

Price: $95

Navajo Four Directions Reversible Pendants

Stylish hand made Navajo pendants (some two-sided) with natural stones set in Sterling silver. Stones include turquoise, spiney oyster, pink quartz, onyx, coral.

The background of the pendants are burnished to antique them. Two-sided pendants with feathers (movable) measure 3 and 1/4 inches long including the bail. All one of a kind. Select the pendant number when ordering.

Pendant #1 Side 1

Pendant #1 Side 2

Price: $120 

Pendant #2 Side 1

Pendant #2 Side 2

Price: $120 



Pendant #3 Side 1

Pendant #3 Side 2

Price: $120 

Pendant #4 Side 1Pendant #4 Side 2

Price: $120 

Navajo Four Directions Pendant

One-sided pendant measures 2 inches long including the bail. Green turquoise stone set in sterling.

Price: $60 

 Navajo Corn Pin- Pendant
By Silversmith Brad Panteah

This amazing pendant was made by Navajo/Zuni Silversmith, Brad Panteah. Brad is known for his excellent workmanship and has shown at prestigious shows such as the Santa Fe Indian Market, Heard Market and Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial.

This pin has a removable bail and has a locking pin on the back so you can use it as a brooch.

The pin-pendant measures 2 inches long including the bail. (Necklace not included). Signed by Brad Panteah and marked Sterling. A very nice piece.

Price: $275

                   Navajo Heart Pendant 

This turquoise and carnelian heart pendant is set in heavy Sterling silver. It is beautifully made by artist R.P. and was purchased from her in Santa Fe. The pendant measures 1 and 3/4 by 1.5 inches not including the bail. It is stamped by the artist on the back.

A very unusual piece!

Price: $145

Clip Earrings
Navajo Made
Sterling and Gemstone

Sterling and Turquoise Clip Earrings
 

Beautiful sterling clip earrings by a Navajo artist. Set with Turquoise.
They are signed with the initials MC.
They measure 1 inch long.

Price: $45 

Beautiful sterling clip earrings by a Navajo artist. Set with Turquoise.
They are signed with the initials AY.
They measure 1 inch long. Nice and heavy - high quality.

Price: $55

 Hook and Post Earrings
For Pierced Ears Beautiful Navajo made heavy sterling earrings set with black stone. These measure 1.5 inches long not including the hooks. They are signed PB Sterling on the back by the artist. Very nice antiqued pair of traditional earrings.

Price: $66  

These beautifully made earrings are sterling silver with chunky turquoise. They measure 3/4 inch in length. They are for pierced ears and have a nice post with push back clip.

Price: $55

     Gemstone and Pearl Dangle Earrings

These lovely Navajo beaded earrings contain shell, turquoise and even pearls. They measure 4 inches including the hooks.

Price: $90

Turquoise and Red Horse Dangle Earrings

These lovely Navajo beaded earrings contain shell, turquoise and coral and spiney oyster. They measure 4 inches including the hooks.

Price: $60 

Turquoise and Shell White Horse Dangle Earrings

These lovely Navajo beaded earrings contain shell, turquoise, coral and spiney oyster. They measure 4 inches including the hooks. 

Price: $60

About Navajo Jewelry
The Spanish, arriving on Navajo lands from Mexico, to the south, introduced silversmithing to the Navajo.

Navajo metalsmiths were not only responsible for the inception of Navajo jewelry, but the introduction of silversmithing to Hopi and Zuni artisans. 

One of the most prominent early Navajo jewelry silversmiths, Atsidi Sani, learned metalsmithing techniques from a Mexican man living near Mount Taylor, New Mexico.  He is often credited with the emergence of Navajo silver jewelry, first by teaching his four sons and they in turn, teaching others in the newly formed Navajo Nation.

Early Navajo jewelry consisted of simple earrings, ketohs, belt fasteners and bracelets.  Traders provided tools and supplies such as silver coins and slugs.  More important, traders gave Indian silversmiths a place to trade and sell their work. 

In the 1920’s sheet silver replaced silver slugs, allowing artists to work more quickly since they no longer needed to melt and pound the slugs flat.  A Navajo jewelry style evolved, typified by heavy silverwork hammered, bent and molded, either alone or sometimes around stones.

One early technique still used by Navajo silversmiths is making silver castings in sand or stone molds.  The artist carves a design into damp sand or tufa, a porous volcanic stone, and then secures a second flat stone on top to complete the mold.  Using a crucible, the artist then pours melted silver into the mold through a carved channel.  Air vents allow steam to escape, preventing air bubbles from forming in the cooling silver.

After the silver has cooled and hardened, the artist removes the piece from the mold.  Any silver not part of the overall design is cut off and the edges are filed smooth.  All surfaces of the jewelry are ground and polished.  Sometimes, artists add stones as a final accent.

Early Navajo jewelry emerged from blacksmithing techniques that required the heating and softening of metal interspersed with hammering to work the metal into desired shapes.  Great skill is required to balance these opposite forces.  Too much heating and hammering causes the piece to become “work-hardened” making it brittle and prone to cracking.  Too little force can lead to a poorly shaped piece with shallow, inconsistent design work.

After shaping the piece, the silversmith uses a graver or die stamps to inscribe designs into the metal.  Many artists create their own carved metal stamps to add design elements such as lines or swirls to their jewelry.  The artist places the designed end on the desired spot of the jewelry piece then strikes, stamping the design into the metal surface.  A good silversmith strikes the stamp evenly each time, producing a consistent design.

----Excerpt from A Guide To Indian Jewelry in the Southwest by Georgiana Kennedy Simpson

Unusual Figural Navajo Hand Beaded
Hair Clips Finished in Soft Dearskin

3 and 1/4 inches long and 1 inch wide. Beautifully hand beaded.

Choose Horse, Turtle or Buffalo
(one of a kind)

Price: $45

HorseTurtleBuffalo

 Navajo Made Turquoise, Shell and Stone Necklace  

In the style of the Zuni Fetish carvings, we have carved turquoise and varied stone animals on a shell string. The centerpiece is a turquoise eagle carving. Silver hook clasp. Measures 27 inches. Quite a bargain!

Price: $24

Navajo Made Turquoise, Shell and Stone Earrings

In the style of the Zuni Fetish carvings, we have carved turquoise and varied stone animals on dangling earrings. Silver hooks. The centerpiece is a turquoise eagle carving. Measures 1 inch long not including the hooks. Quite a bargain!

Price: $16

Heavy Sterling Navajo Hand Made
Hair Clips - Barrettes 

Heavy Sterling Navajo Hand Made
Hair Clips - Barrette #1
2.5 inches long and 1 inch wide. Stamped with: BB, the artist's stamp and Sterling on the back.

Price: $35 



Heavy Sterling Navajo Hand Made
Hair Clips - Barrette #2
2.5 inches long and 1 inch wide. Stamped with: BB, the artist's stamp and Sterling on the back.

Price: $35  

Heavy Sterling Navajo Hand Made
Hair Clip - Barrette
3 inches long and 1 inch wide. Beautiful burnished antiqued Sterling with set turquoise.

Price: $35

  More Gorgeous Navajo Beaded Necklaces

Apple Coral and Gemstone 4 Strand Necklace

This is bright and colorful hand beaded long necklace featuring apple coral.  There are four strands. The necklace is finished with shell beads and silver hook clasp with a two inch extender. The necklace measures 30 inches long.Beads used include turquoise, apple coral, spiney oyster,  shell, serpentine. A beautiful piece! 

Price: $160
  

 Turquoise Three Strand Necklace

This is the perfect necklace for the turquoise lover. There are three graduated strands full of chunky turquoise beads. The necklace is finished with shell beades and silver hook clasp with a two inch extender. The necklace measures 16.5 inches long not including the extension.

Price: $180


Serpentine and Gem Stone 6 Strand Necklace

This is a beautiful hand beaded 6 strand necklace featuring beautiful light green serpentine and gemstones. The necklace is finished with shell beades and silver hook clasp with a two inch extender. The necklace measures 18.5 inches long.

Beads used include turquoise, spiney oyster, shell, serpentine and lapiz. An amazing piece!

Price: $160


Abalone Four Directions Crosses and Gemstone Beaded Necklace - 2 Strands

This is an amazing hand beaded long necklace featuring shiny abalone four directions crosses. This was a very hard necklace to make. Each cross has beading within it. There are two strands. The necklace is finished with shell beades and silver hook clasp with a two inch extender. The necklace measures 30 inches long.

Beads used include turquoise, coral, shell, serpentine. An amazing piece!

Price: $190
Navajo Concha Earrings

This is an amazing pair of earrings for pierced ears. The silversmith carefully replicated the conchas from a belt on these long earrings. Sterling Silver and turquoise. Exquisitely hand made. Light weight so they don't pull on your ears. Fine workmanship. Each concha is linked to the next so the earrings move and dangle. They measure close to 2.5 inches long. Signed by the artist T. Charlie Sterling. Amazing and unusual work.

Price: $190
Navajo Cut Out Earrings

Beautiful Sterling silver Bear earrings. Sterling and Turquoise. The artists have creatively cut out a bear from one side of the earring and used it for the other side. Hook earrings. Signed LS Sterling. The earrings measure 2 and 1/4 inches (the longest side including the hook) Nice weight of Sterling.

Price: $90