1970s Navajo Turquoise Necklace
Tribe: Navajo (Diné)
Item #NK06024
1970s Navajo Sterling Silver Necklace set with Natural American Turquoise. The necklace features a large turquoise stone displaying blue-green color with prominent brown matrix. The stone is set in a handmade silver pendant accented with silver leaves, drops, and stamped details. The pendant is strung on a single strand of handmade sterling silver bench beads interspersed with fluted melon beads and elongated silver beads, and finished with a traditional hook-and-eye clasp. The pendant has a shepherd’s hook bale and can be removed from the beads and worn separately.
Number of Strands: 1
Necklace Length: 25”
Pendant Dimensions: 1.375” Width, 2.125” Height
- Size
- 25″ length
- Era
- Circa 1970s
- Metal
- Sterling Silver
- Materials
- Turquoise
- Technique
- Set Stones
From our Vintage Collection
Our vintage pieces are sourced from private collections. Whenever possible we identify the artist, tribe and approximate date, and any wear that comes with age is part of each piece’s story. Most of our vintage jewelry was made by Native American artisans between the 1920s and 1970s.
See all vintage jewelry →Family owned in Sedona since 1976
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