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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 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

Navajo Sterling Earrings with Turquoise

Beautifully made petitie Navajo earrings. Etching, traditional design on a non-traditional shape. Nice Sterling Silver weighs 3.8 grams on my scales.

Push back. No signature but the earring is stamped Sterling.

Very fine work measuring 1/2 inch in length.

Price: $42 

Navajo Eagle Feather
Sterling Earrings with Beading Detail

Very nice half hoop earrings. Heavy sterling weighing 8.4 grams on my scales.

Beautiful beadwork done with a purple background. The eagle feather is done in black, white, orange and yellow beads.

The earrings are stamped on the back by the artist. G Sterling.

Push back closure for pierced ears.

The earrings measure 3/4 inch in diameter and 1/2 inch wide.

The sterling silver is worked to provide a border. Beautiful design.

 Price: $48

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 SOLD! 

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

Opal and Gemstone
Reversible Butterfly
Sterling Pendant
By Navajo Jeweler
Fernando Benally

Side #2

This amazing Fernando Benally piece is a one of a kind reversible butterfly pendant. Set in heavy sterling you'll find beautiful pieces of lab made opal, natural gemstones and turquoise.

One side is blues and greens,  and the other, firey reds and oranges.

The sterling is full of Navajo symbolism with arrows for protection  and a path of life. The butterfly represents emergence into a new life and natural beauty.

Even the bail is carefully worked. The artist signed the piece on the bottom. It reads FBenally Sterling. The pendant measures 1 and 1/8 inches across and 1 abd 1/8 long including the bail.

The piece is 1/8 in. thick.

More about Fernando Benally.

This is a real treasure!

Price: $375

 Navajo Four Directions
Necklace
Abalone, Turquoise, Shell
and More!

This exquisite necklace was made by a Navajo family who happens to live and work on Zuni Pueblo. They are known for their unusual jewelry and beadwork.

This four directions cross necklace literally glimmers in the light. The abalone crosses measure 3/4 inch each and the artist hand beaded shell and gemstone beads within each cross. Beads include Turquoise, Coral and shell.

The two strands are slightly different and measure approx. 30 inches long.

The clasp and chain is Sterling (marked) and adds another 2 inches.

This is amazing work with amazing detail.

Price: $185 SOLD!



Contemporary Sterling Silver Sheep Pin

(Front)

(Back)

This beautiful pin is from the well-respected Richardson's Trading Post in Gallup, NM. It was made by a Navajo woman artist. I do not have her name and the jewelry is not signed. But the seller is a respected trader so the information is accurate.

The artist makes her jewelry by winding fine Sterling Silver. The sheep pin weighs 10.7 grams on my scales... a nice heavy gage.

The pendant measures 2 and 1/4 inch wide by 2 and 1/4 inch tall. The pin clasp is a safety clasp. Very well made contemporary piece depicting a traditional subject.

Price: $165

Contemporary Sterling Silver Sheep Earrings

Beautiful hook earrings matching the above pin. The Navajo artist is not known to me, nor is the piece signed due to the Sterling wire work. The earrings measure 1 and 3/4 inches long including the hook.

Price: $75



Traditional Navajo
Bear Claw Pendant
Great for a Man or Woman

This beautifully made Bearclaw pendant measures close to 3 inches long including the bail. The sterling silver piece includes natural turquoise and coral as well as an actual bear claw. Very traditional piece. Signed on the back - FS Sterling.

Price: $100

Beautiful Turquoise and Spiny Oyster Three Strand Necklace

Hand beaded Navajo necklace with a variety of natural spiny oyster shell beads and real turquoise. The typical spiny oyster shell colors range from yellow to purple. As you can see in this necklace, these colors coordinate well. 

The necklace measures 28 inches long. The strands are slightly graduated for a beautiful look.

The clasp is a silver hook clasp. 

This is exquisite Navajo workmanship.

Price: $275



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  Turtle.
(one of a kind)

Price: $45

TurtleBuffalo and Horse SOLD!

 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

  Turquoise Nugget , Lapiz, Coral and and Sterling 3 Strand Necklace

This is a 20 inch necklace including the hook clasp. It was hand made by a Navajo artist.The turquoise nuggets are approximately 1.4 inch wide. The nicely matrixed nuggets and separated by Sterling beads, Lapiz Beads and Coral Beads.

The necklace strands are slightly graduated to fit well on your neck.

A gorgeous turquoise necklace!

Price: $190


 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

        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
Navajo Earrings
Tim Yazzie

When is old new and new old? Well, Tim Yazzie's beautifully made Sterling jewelry is made in the old style with a modern twist. His Sterling Silver creations are fairly light yet are made of quality sterling which is then burnished for an antiqued look. In selected pieces he has added turquoise or Spiney Oyster. This style is all the rage now!

Tim Yazzie is a master silversmith from Gallup, New Mexico which I where I recently purchased these beautiful pieces.

These earrings are two inches long. They are set with turquoise on the lower part. The bottom part dangles from the top flower design. They are post earrings. They are signed T. Yazzie - Sterling on the back.

A quality pair of Navajo made earrings.

Price: $75


These amazing butterfly earrings are 1.5 inches long. They are set with turquoise.  They are post earrings. The bottom part dangles from the top flower design.  The butterflies are 1 and 1/4 inches across at the top and are three dimensional. Mr. Yazzie has punched out the smaller wing so that it is raised. These would go well with the Butterfly Pin/Pendant below. Exquisite workmanship!

They are signed T. Yazzie - Sterling on the back.

A quality pair of Navajo made earrings.

Price: $112


These amazing butterfly earrings are 1.5 inches long including the hooks. They are set with turquoise.  They are post earrings. The butterflies are over 1 and 1/4 inches across at the top and are three dimensional. Mr. Yazzie has punched out the smaller wing so that it is raised. These would go well with the Butterfly Pin/Pendant below. Exquisite workmanship!

They are signed T. Yazzie - Sterling on the back.

A quality pair of Navajo made earrings.

Price: $100


These Sterling earrings are 1.5 inches long. They are very reminiscent of Spanish design (The Navajo learned silversmithing from the Spanish).  The bottom part dangles from the top flower design.  They are post earrings.

They are signed T. Yazzie - Sterling on the back.

A quality pair of Navajo made earrings.

Price: $72


These Sterling earrings are 1.5 inches long. They are very reminiscent of Spanish design (The Navajo learned silversmithing from the Spanish).  The bottom part dangles from the top flower design.  They are post earrings.

They are signed T. Yazzie - Sterling on the back.

A quality pair of Navajo made earrings.

Price: $96


 This is a gorgeous and delicatly made Sterling pin/pendant. The dragonfly is 2 inches long including the bail and 2 inch wingspan. The small wings are cut out from the larger wings and are raised.

There is a bail on the back. This piece is set with turquoise. The piece is signed T. Yazzie - Sterling on the back.

A quality Navajo made pendant at a great price (I think he made a mistake!).

Price: $80


These Sterling earrings are 2 inches long including the hooks. They would look great with the Dragonfly pin/pendant.   They are post earrings.

They are signed T. Yazzie - Sterling on the back.

A quality pair of Navajo made earrings.

Price: $75


This is a gorgeous Sterling pin/pendant. The butterfly is over 2 inches long including the bail and 2 inch wingspan. The small wings are cut out from the larger wings and are raised. The wings are almost 2 inches wide.

There is a nice bail on the top. This piece is set with orange spiney oyster. The piece is signed T. Yazzie - Sterling on the back.

A quality Navajo made pendant.

Price: $144


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