Zuni
American Southwest
1960
Sterling silver and natural turquoise
Length 24 in / 61 cm
Drop 1 3/4 in / 4.4 cm
80.62 grams
Provenance: Santa Fe trade
This Zuni necklace is worked in petit point, each station built from many small turquoise stones set as a radiating rosette around a center. The lapidary work carries the piece, with dozens of individually cut and hand set stones forming each blossom along the strand. At the center front a larger rosette frames a small silver naja, repeating the same clustered petit point setting.
Petit point is a Zuni specialty, marked by precise stone cutting rather than the heavy silver of Navajo work. The setting uses small uniform turquoise across every station, a labor intensive technique that Zuni lapidaries brought to a high level in the twentieth century. At 24 inches and just over 80 grams, the necklace is light on the neck, its weight in the stonework rather than the silver.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
Zuni
American Southwest
1960
Sterling silver and natural turquoise
Length 24 in / 61 cm
Drop 1 3/4 in / 4.4 cm
80.62 grams
Provenance: Santa Fe trade
This Zuni necklace is worked in petit point, each station built from many small turquoise stones set as a radiating rosette around a center. The lapidary work carries the piece, with dozens of individually cut and hand set stones forming each blossom along the strand. At the center front a larger rosette frames a small silver naja, repeating the same clustered petit point setting.
Petit point is a Zuni specialty, marked by precise stone cutting rather than the heavy silver of Navajo work. The setting uses small uniform turquoise across every station, a labor intensive technique that Zuni lapidaries brought to a high level in the twentieth century. At 24 inches and just over 80 grams, the necklace is light on the neck, its weight in the stonework rather than the silver.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
