Large Cast Navajo Brooch/Pin w/Turq.and Coral 60s

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1970: item #764810
519

No hallmark on this beautiful Navajo sterling silver cast brooch. Likely made in the 60s. Lovely cold chiseled stamp work, a natural coral branch and a blue turquoise stone. Brooch measures 3 3/8 inches by 2 ¼ inches. Weight is 1.60 oz. or 46 grams.

Zuni Sterling Turquoise Cluster Brooch/Pin ca. 1950s

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1960: item #764526
517

Beautiful Zuni natural turquoise cluster brooch. No hallmark of the maker but engraved with “ REXX” that is a trading post or a pawnshop mark. Likely made in the 50s. All the turquoise stones are secure set into saw tooth bezels. Brooch is 2 5/8 inches in diameter.

Zuni Sterling Turquoise Cluster Brooch/Pin ca. 1950s

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1960: item #764523
516

Zuni open work turquoise cluster brooch. No hallmark, likely made in the 50s. Embossed crescents, twisted silver wire and hand made silver balls were used to enhance the beautiful blue turquoise stones. Stones are set into saw tooth bezels. Brooch is 3 1/4 inches in diameter.

Zuni Sterling Turquoise Cluster Brooch/Pin ca. 1950s

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1960: item #764521
515

Zuni open work turquoise cluster brooch. Engraved on the back with “BNET” and a “G”. Found the exact brooch in the book “ Indian Silver 2” by Dale Stuart King on page 174 and it states the brooch was made by “Roman Ramoncito in 1958.Embossed crescents, twisted silver wire and hand made silver balls enhancing the round and oval turquoise stones that are set into saw tooth bezels. Brooch is 2 1/4 inches in diameter.

Vintage Navajo Seven Stone Row Bracelet

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1970: item #764293
BR-592

This is a heavy well made vintage Navajo silver and natural turquoise bracelet, circa 1940's-1950's. Unmarked. Sterling. This heavy and very nicely made bracelet consists of 7 natural turquoise stones set in line across the center and between heavy twisted and worked carinated wires. The twisted wires were worked into a carinated shape and decoratively file stamped. Between the twisted wire is a slender half round wire providing support for the stone settings. The center stone is 3/8" x 3/8" a... Click for details

Old Thunderbird Navajo Pin

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1950: item #764289
P-167

Nice old thunderbird pin of heavy gauge silver, circa 1930's. Nice repousse work on the bump outs. Unsigned. Measures: 3" x 1"

Vintage Handmade Navajo Silver Bead Necklace

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1970: item #764288
N-304

Very fine old Navajo handmade and stamped sterling silver bead necklace. The beads are very slightly graduated from 7/16" in the center to 5/8" at the ends. An unusually long and impressive necklace, probably from the 1970's. Navajo. Measures: 26 3/4"

Vintage Zuni Earrings

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1960: item #764287
VEa-90

Elegant vintage Zuni petitpoint earrings with seven stones in sterling silver. Unsigned. Circa 1940's. Locking wires. Measures: 3/4" x 1 3/4" (from top of wire)

Old Zuni Petitpoint Earrings

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1960: item #764284
VEa-89

Pretty Zuni petitpoint earrings converted to sterling silver French wires. Circa 1940's. Unsigned. Measures: 1" x 1 1/2" (from top of wire)

Rare Vintage Peruvian 900 Silver Tumi Tribal Brooch

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic Pre 1960: item #762606
GA053

Peruvian primitive, Inca icon … Distinctively characterized by a semi-circular blade, the tumi was a ceremonial knife used by certain Inca and pre-Inca cultures in sacrificial rituals. This impressive brooch takes its design from the traditional tumi, with Supay or Supai—the Inca god of death and ruler of the Uca Pacha or underworld—as its prominent figure. The horned Supay is surrounded by smaller images of himself, as well as other mythological creatures. With the piece convex in shape, the ov... Click for details