Navajo Turquoise jewelry

I came across some great Navajo Turquoise jewelry pictures today, reminded me of my late Commanche friend who had a turquoise ring. Hope you'll find these amazing.

Great advert for the 'home' product, this is a great way to provide skills, jobs and keep alive the traditional designs.

A Totem Pole design inlaid bracelet would look fantastic in this style.

It is nice when you buy from the American Indian traders who often name the artisan who made your item.

It really does make for a special item that you know was made by someone with a long heritage and is not an impersonal mass produced item made in the far East. I hope that collectors will recognise the individuals and seek out their pieces as with other artists.

This is a beautiful selection of unique Turquoise pieces, I love these fantastic colours.

They look like the colour combination results I used to get from my experiments with in a design program called Fractal Design in the 90's that worked within Adobe Photoshop.

Rings a plenty, there's a lot of great skill in here, I used to work for a company that did inlay work using wood veneers and real shell pieces so I know how tricky this work can be. The Navajo artists certainly have a way with making these superb pieces.

Thunderbird ring, I think this is a Zuni style inlay pattern, looks really stylish and modern in some ways but classical too,  I love the Thunderbird design.

Another nice Thunderbird ring made by Mike Arviso with Kingman Turquoise stone

Here's the last one, superb inlay made of Nevada Creek Turquoise, made by Ella Cowboy and Richard E. Hoskie.

Sorry, I had to buy this one.. it was so nice and I am helping support the Navajo artists which is very important too.

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Comments

  • Yes it is great, I like the fact it is made by someone with a great historical legacy and it is helping the local economy there.

    My late grandfather was taught fieldcraft by a Navajo man in 1940 in England so that is a nice connection too.

    I like the Thunderbird design too, as I have a long connection to the skies with aircraft, UFO's and love to watch the local Buzzards and Kites flying around where I live.

  • Beautiful craftsmanship

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