Antique Native American Navajo Sterling Silver Turquoise Squash Blossom Necklace Paintings The bowl having an everted

The bowl having an everted rim above a stepped globular body which is decorated with repousse work and also finely engraved

5 cm X 28 cm

The sculpture is finely modeled representing the Goddess of Plenty holding a cornucopia of fruit

James Nelson Raymond Traveling Fellowship

upholstered and hand-finished according to tradition

Antique Native American Navajo Sterling Silver Turquoise Squash Blossom Necklace Paintings The bowl having an evertedA very elegant classic 1920's sterling silver & turquoise squash blossom necklace. The squash blossom necklace features a double strand of Navajo sterling silver beads, strung on cotton thread and has a total of 54 sterling beads (27 to each side) and is punctuated with fourteen squash blossoms inlaid with turquoise, seven on each side. The circular naja features six serrated bezel set turquoise cabochons, the naja is bordered with silver 'rope twist'