Product code: Vintage Navajo Necklace with Turquoise Nuggets hot & Brown Pen Shell Heishi Beads 28"
Vintage Native American Sterling Silver Necklace with Turquoise and Brown Pen Shell Heishi Beads
A great example of native american bead craft.
Heishi jewelry is believed to be the oldest form of jewelry making in New Mexico, and perhaps in all of North America.
Nineteen (19) natural turquoise nugget beads are the central focus of this necklace interspersed with brown pen shell heishi beads incorporated along the length of the necklace.
Each of the brown pen shell beads is approximately 2.5mm in diameter while the turquoise beads are about 7mm to 24mm
The turquoise ranges from light to medium blue hot and has extensive matrix throughout
Total Weight of Necklace is 34.5 grams.
The length of the necklace is 28"