Navajo Artisan-Geneva Apachito-Sterling "Crosses Within Heart" Design with Hand Made Beads Pendant-1-7/8"

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Navajo Artisan-Geneva Apachito-Sterling "Crosses Within Heart" Design with Hand Made Beads Pendant-1-7/8"

$295.00

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
In comparison to some 'veteran' Navajo metalsmith's, Geneva is a relatively young silversmith who learned the art of metalsmithing from her mother "Genevieve Apachito'..She is a New Mexico native who comes from Socorro,NM & continued being raised in Socorro county, in the town of Alamo,NM. Regardless of age or how long she has been creating jewelry,it’s the fact of how easy it comes to her, which is obvious in everything she makes.
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THE PENDANT:
Made with a "Cross within a Heart" design where each of these beads are made with a tedious process where Geneva melted down the sterling to form each bead & then one by one they are placed atop of an oxidized finished sterling & surround the 3 crosses that have a more brighter finishing.. The bale & backside of the pendant has a contemporary mirror polished finishing.

The bale opening has about a 3/8" opening & will fit anything that has a 8 mm diameter or smaller. Use a regular sterling chain or a strand of sterling beads,but be aware that the smaller bead (or chain) the more it can move & breathe on the necklace. With the pendant's finishing,you can use something that has a mirror finishing OR oxidized.. But what would also look cool, is putting it on leather for a more casual look!

**In the last 2 photos, you'll find a charm size pendant with the same size the matching ring!

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ARTIST: GENEVA APACHITO
TRIBE: NAVAJO
MEASUREMENTS: 1-7/8" X 1-3/8" (BALE TO BOTTOM-WIDTH TAKEN AT WIDEST POINT)
HEART ALONE: 1-5/8" x 1-3/8"
BALE OPENING: 8 mm (3/8")
WEIGHT: 17.2 GRAMS (OF THE 2 IN STOCK)
METAL: STERLING
METAL FINISH: DARKENED FRONTSIDE/MIRROR FINISH BACKSIDE
HALLMARK: "GENEVA J A" STERLING
COMES GIFT BOXED
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In order to give you close up photos so I can provide you with all the detail, photos can tend to make the item look much more larger & everything is more magnified & exaggerated than in actuality. Close up's make the item look so large & then you get it in hand & you are shocked since the item is much smaller than how they looked in the photos..So to get an accurate idea of how big this is,please pull out a tape measure & compare to my given measurements