This impressively made pendant was made by the hands of Navajo/Zuni artisan Albert Jake.If your not familiar with this Al's work, you are in for a real treat! He is personally one of my favorite artists when it comes to perfectly made, Native American jewelry & you will NEVER go wrong with anything made by him.. Sloppy, quickly made jewelry is not in this guys vocabulary!

Made with the perfect balance between metal & shell, Al used the shape of the vibrantly orange oval cut as the pivot point & then doing what he does best, was to create some phenomenal sterling work around it.It's obvious the shell's cut came 1st for the design & the sterling came 2nd,where he built the sterling design with all hand made appliques & beading that are used to enlarge the design & help create more statement to the pendant.

Al's use of 'form & balance' can be seen throughout, with everything in the design, in alignment with each other. The design is very traditional & has a undeniable Navajo look.

This has a nice weight to it that feels nice & solid & durable & not weak & flimsy feeling..

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THE BALE:

Made in a corrugated tapered style, the pendant is shown with Navajo "Marilyn Platero's hand finished 8 mm-18" Navajo Pearl beads(Can be found in my listings),but with the bales just over 1/2" opening, can be worn with a larger millimeter size bead that's NO MORE than a 12 mm bead size so the pendant can 'move & breathe' while on the beads.

SPECIFICS:

ARTISAN: Albert Jake

TRIBE: Navajo/Zuni

WEIGHT:40.2Grams-1.42 Ounces

MEASUREMENTS: 3" x 1-3/4"(With Bale)

STONE: Spiny Oyster Shell

STONE SIZE: 33 mm x 18 mm tall

METAL: Sterling Silver

METAL FINISH: Vintage Revival/Oxidized

CONNECTION: Bale

BALE OPENING: 14 mm

Comes Gift Boxed

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SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT:
Because of the price, this will have a mandatory signature confirmation requirement (reflected in shipping price).. If you're not home in the day & need it shipped where it can be signed for, please change that in your "Ship To" section before I create the shipping label***I'm sorry if this may be an inconvenience, but I do not ship expensive pieces without one. This is for your safety & mine..

PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING:
*****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.

I am not a professional photographer, but I do try to do my best at giving you accuracy in color. Even though this is vivid & vibrant, I do want to mention that when photographing anything with ‘yellow’ in it, (oranges or greens) they tend to come up much more vibrant & seriously saturated, so please take this into consideration.(I had to actually take the saturation down a bit!)