Navajo Silver and Coral Box Bow Squash Blossom Necklace

Navajo Silver and Coral Box Bow Squash Blossom Necklace

Namenecklace

Datec. 1940-1979

Mediumsilver, coral

DimensionsFlat length 38.5 cm; nadja height 7.3 cm x width 7.8 cm; bow height 1.8 cm x width 5.2 cm; silver bead height .8 cm x diameter .8 cm.

Credit LineGift of Don and Rita Morgan

CultureNavajo

Object numberA2019-2-17

ClassificationsMay Collection

DescriptionHand fabricated necklace; 136 hand made barrel silver beads; 20 orange-red coral cabochons set in serrated bezels; large nadja has small coral cabochon at each tip, with stamped and chisel cut designs and is soldered to four box bows, and four strands of silver beads that are threaded on thin delicate chain links; seven box bows are on each side of double silver bead strands; each bow has 6 narrow, short silver rods with silver drops separating rods, and at center is a square shadow box with central coral set in serrated bezel, interior backgrounds chemically oxidized.

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