1940 NAVAJO SQUASH BLOSSOM NECKLACE-MERCURY DIME BEADS

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THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL, 1940s,MUSEUM WORTHY, CLASSIC , NAVAJO SQUASH BLOSSOM NECKLACE COMPRISED OF 28 MERCURY DIME SILVER BEADS WHICH DATE FROM 1935 TO 1945T ARE 28 DIME BEADS . EACH IS MADE UP OF TWO DIMES THAT ARE JOINED BY A SEAMT ARE 15 SMALLER, PLAIN, SILVER BEADS ON EACH SIDE FROM THE LAST DIME BEAD TO THE ENDS W T IS A HOOK AND EYE CLOSURETHE NECKLACE IS APPROXIMATELY 23 INCHES FROM END TO END.IT IS STRUNG ON TRADITIONAL, STURDY, FOXTAIL CHAINIT WEIGHS A WHOPPING 7.5 OUNCES IT HAS 8 SILVER BLOSSOMSTHE SILVER SANDCAST NAJA HAS A LARGE TURQUOISE AT THE TOP THAT IS SET IN A SERRATED , RAISED BEZEL.THE NAJA HAS THE TRADITIONAL HANDS AND CROSS MOTIF IT IS ABOUT 2 INCHES IN LENGTH BY 2-1/4 INCHES ACROSSI HAVE NOT POLISHED THE SILVER SINCE SO MANY COLLECTORS PREFER THE PATINA OF AGE THIS HAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY RICH PATINATHE NECKLACE WOULD MAKE A LOVELY ADDITION TO YOUR VINTAGE NATIVE AMERICAN JEWELRY COLLECTION THIS CLASSIC,ELEGANT, 1940s NAVAJOQUASH BLOSSOM NECKLACE WOULD BE GREAT TO WEAR WITH YOUR BASIC BLACK SHEATH,VELVET SQUAW ENSEMBLE, DOUBLE D RANCHWEAR FINERY OR YOUR MORE FORMAL COTHING IT WOULD BE A GREAT BIRTHDAY, ANNIVERSARY, GRADUATION OR SPECIAL OCCASION GIFT. PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS AS I AM CURRENTLY DOWNSIZING A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF NATIVE AMERICAN AND MEXICAN JEWELRY AND FOLK ART , WHICH I HAVE PURCHASED read more