Navajo Made by CALVIN BELIN - Teal Color- Natural Crow Springs Turquoise-Traditional Navajo Sterling Pendant-Small 1/4" Bale Opening-2.50"
Navajo Made by CALVIN BELIN - Teal Color- Natural Crow Springs Turquoise-Traditional Navajo Sterling Pendant-Small 1/4" Bale Opening-2.50"
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Navajo metalsmith Calvin Belin is a 52 year old man who has been making jewelry since he was 12 & like most Navajo children, they are raised in a household of other jeweler's, who are mainly their parents.. He worked under his father who had the young Calvin, making bezels for his jewelry.. He lives in the heart of the Navajo Reservation in the town of Crownpoint, NM. With this artist, you will get nothing less than purely made traditional Navajo jewelry!
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SPECIFICS:
ARTIST: Calvin Belin
TRIBE: Navajo
WEIGHT: 18.3 Grams
PENDANT MEASUREMENT: 2.50" x 1-1/8"
METAL: Sterling Silver
METAL FINISH: Oxidized Front/Mirror Polish Backside
STONE: Crow Springs Turquoise
STONE SIZE: 19 mm x 1 mm (Just over 3/4" x about 5/8" wide)
STONE SHAPE: Trillion-ish
BALE OPENING: 1/4” (This requires a skinny smaller chain, since the bale is not wide.
HALLMARK: Not totally unusual, but Calvin put this through without hallmarking it. I have seen this even amongst the best and I do guarantee this to be his, because my vendor is the only one who carries Calvin’s work & is apart of their team of silversmiths. So he made it for my vendor who I bought it from.. It is also guaranteed to be sterling.
Comes Gift Boxed
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*****In order to show all the fine detail, close up photos tend to make the item look GIGANTIC & everything also is more magnified .So to get an accurate idea of how big this is, please view photos or you can pull out a tape measure & compare to my given measurements listed above.