Hopi, Zuni, Dine'
(Navajo) and NW Coast Canadian Indian Jewelry: New & Vintage
Hopi
J-5. Superbly made Hopi sterling silver overlay pin/pendant, signed, from the Hopi Arts & Crafts Center, 1995, cloud above mesa motif, 1 in. diameter. SOLD
Dine' (Navajo)
J-6. Vintage
fleur-de-lis sandcast naja with old-style hands design to which
has been soldered a natural turquoise set in silver braid, which
may have once been an old ring. Naja is 2.5 in. wide; stone is
1-1/8 in. long x 5/8 in. wide. Naja is removable--hung on nicely
wire strung handmade "pinyon" and machine-made sterling
beads, almost 27 in. long. This is a dramatic and very interesting
older piece, and comfortable to wear. SOLD.
Next to it is J-7, a vintage natural turquoise
pendent with deep green-brown turquoise, 1-5/8 in. long, with
braided silver and nice stamp and wirework set in deep silver
bezel. Signed "W S" and stamped with a four-cornered
sun symbol. $52.
Five pairs of vintage earrings (Zuni, Dine', and Chinese turquoise):
(1) Old Zuni clip-on natural turquoise channel inlaid
earrings with sterling silver, 3/4 in. long: [SOLD]
(2) Old Zuni pettipoint natural turquoise earrings with old-style
four-petal sterling silver squash blossoms, sterling screw-on
findings easily changed to pierced if desired, 1 in. long (without
findings): [SOLD]
(3) Old Zuni delicate little natural turquoise screwback
flower earrings, 1/2 in. long: [SOLD]
(4) Vintage Dine' (Navajo) nicely stamped round sterling
silver clip-on earrings, 1-1/4 in. diameter: $32
(5) NOT AMERICAN INDIAN: Vintage Victorian-style or
1920s (?) natural Chinese turquoise 3-bead earrings with gold-washed
filigree screwbacks and gold-tone or gold-washed beads, 2-3/8
in. long: $32
J-13.
Old Hopi overlay pendant with
finely incised background and fine pure blue turquoise stone,
bird in flight motif, unsigned, 1.25 in. long, including loop,
1/2 in. wide. $55.
J-14.
Anthony Upshaw, Navajo-Zuni artist,
handcarved this extraordinary 54-piece fetish necklace, 35 inches
long, around 1990, beautifully strung with oyster shell heishi
and sterling silver findings. Flying birds, owl, frogs, fish,
ducks, tadpole, snake, buffalo, bear, wolf, badger, buffalo--just
about every animal carved in fetish necklaces is here, in almost
every stone used for fetish carving along with two elegant leaping
white dolphins, and superbly carved spondylus shells. This old-style
necklace, which evokes the quality and character of ancient fetish
carving, will be a joy to wear and to explore... $425.00
Classic Zuni
J-12. Elegant
and sophisticated Zuni matching coral and sterling silver ring
and bracelet by Lucy Shekya. Bracelet has nice braid on
the side bands, and a 1-1/8 in. opening, and is slightly flexible
for adjustment. The coral is an especially rich and deep red,
$68 for the set.
Northwest Coast Indian
J-9. Dated 1976:
Signed in script "G. Cross / 76" this sheet gold orca
pendant is characteristically unmarked but tested as 14K and
is 2-1/8 in. from dorsal fin to end of tail. SOLD.
J-10. Dated 1975: Handsome
beaver image in the form of a classic Northwest Coast "copper"
signed "Thomas Adams" in all capital letters and an
ornate "TA 75" (1975), 3 in. long x 2-3/8 in. at its
widest, curved hammered and incised sheet silver with convex
eyes. [SOLD]
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Earrings by Bessie Henry & Andrew Henry
