Navajo?

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Estaterestate, Oct 17, 2021.

  1. Estaterestate

    Estaterestate Well-Known Member

    62EC3CAE-41C0-4AC0-A944-340E3CFE1121.jpeg 74852281-939F-49C8-B674-B74DD2EB7F55.jpeg 5B0CA743-9354-4FD2-98EF-D63F8B1D1D5B.jpeg 5B0CA743-9354-4FD2-98EF-D63F8B1D1D5B.jpeg 1AD40950-3106-4DD4-9E25-D5AA9D7A9B1F.jpeg This looks like a Navajo necklace to me. Can’t find any silver markings on it but it looks and feels and weighs like it is Silver. Any input Would be great.
     

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  2. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

  3. reader

    reader Well-Known Member

    I agree. Not Navajo and IMO crafter. I believe the silver tone beads are Asian, maybe Afghani.

    @Any Jewelry
     
  4. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    coral and Turq likely..........but not NA !
     
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  5. reader

    reader Well-Known Member

    Agree and lapis or sodalite chips. I don’t see any metallic so guessing sodalite.Can anyone read the metal slices next to the coral? It’s stamped with something.
     
  6. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Faux coins; they're stamped. I'd be thinking Afghani or similar.
     
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  7. reader

    reader Well-Known Member

    That’s what I think on the striated beads. Could be crafter but now thinking strung there.
     
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  8. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    The striated beads and silver cones are available at Thunderbird supply and other suppliers.
     
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  9. reader

    reader Well-Known Member

    I’m sure they’re available pretty much everywhere as a commercial bead.
     
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  10. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    A very nice contemporary home craft or Asian necklace, imo. No way is it Navajo.

    A lot of those turquoise 'heishi' beads are made in Hubei Province, China, and these disc beads look like a lot of the turquoise that has been coming out of Hubei over the last few decades. Hubei turquoise comes in a large range of colours, shades, and qualities. Much of it can easily be mistaken for US SW turquoise.

    I love that coral, which also looks East Asian to me.
     
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  11. Estaterestate

    Estaterestate Well-Known Member

    Thank you everyone
     
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