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NATIVE AMERICAN NAVAJO SILVER & TURQUOISE LETTER OPENER BY MILDRED PARKHURST
NATIVE AMERICAN NAVAJO SILVER & TURQUOISE LETTER OPENER BY MILDRED PARKHURST
NATIVE AMERICAN NAVAJO SILVER & TURQUOISE LETTER OPENER BY MILDRED PARKHURST
NATIVE AMERICAN NAVAJO SILVER & TURQUOISE LETTER OPENER BY MILDRED PARKHURST

NATIVE AMERICAN NAVAJO SILVER & TURQUOISE LETTER OPENER BY MILDRED PARKHURST

$ 38.96

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Tribal Affiliation: Navajo
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Origin: Navajo
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Provenance: Ownership History Available
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Culture: Native American: US
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Artisan: MILDRED PARKHURST
  • Restocking Fee: 10%

    Description

    NATIVE AMERICAN
    NAVAJO STERLING SILVER & TURQUOISE LETTER OPENER BY MILDRED PARKHURST
    Navajo silversmith Mildred Parkhurst made this marvelous sterling silver and Turquoise letter opener.  Great stamp work!   Weighs 12 grams.  Signed
    5  1/16” long x 3/4” wide
    Artist card included
    The Navajos began working with silver in the 19th century, and began making things like buckles, bridles, buttons, rings, canteens, hollow beads, earrings, crescent-shaped pendants (called “najas”), bracelets, crosses, powder chargers, tobacco canteens, and conchos (for belts). Their silversmithing skills has evolved and changed throughout the years, and in about 1880 Navajo silversmiths started to set turquoise in their silver work. Traditionally, Navajo artists worked with jewelry techniques like repousee and stamp work, but today they explored in other Native American jewelry making techniques like Zuni inlay work and Hopi overlay work.
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