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Signed Navajo Bear Claw & Turquoise Necklace

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Signed Navajo Bear Claw & Turquoise Necklace
Featured in this lot we have a Navajo Native American sterling silver squash blossom necklace with turquoise and bear claws signed by Julia Etsitty. The necklace displays 12 large bear claws with wonderful dark and light brown contrasting colors. Each of the bear claws are capped in silver with two nuggets of sleeping beauty turquoise showing wonderful light blue coloration with a black matrix. The back of the center piece reading "Julia Etsitty Sterling". Julia Etsitty was a renowned Navajo silversmith who created jewelry during a time when very few women were doing so. These few women were greatly revered by the Navajo Nation at the time. The necklace shows wonderful condition with some spots of warm patina. The piece measures 27 1/4" long with the largest claws measuring 2" long.