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Virgil & Shirley Benn 1970's Mother-Of-Pearl Inlay Sterling Silver Beaded Vintage Zuni Animal Squash Blossom Style Necklace
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Virgil & Shirley Benn 1970's Mother-Of-Pearl Inlay Sterling Silver Beaded Vintage Zuni Animal Squash Blossom Style Necklace
- Necklace is designed as strands of round silver beads with large inlaid mother-of-pearl and shell animal stations
- Engraved to depict a rabbit, beaver, goat, deer, ram, wolf, polar bear, cougar, brown bear, sun bear and racoon
- Mother-of-pearl and shell are black, white, yellow, and brown in color
- With varying intensities of iridescence - bezel set and ranging in size
- Accented by turquoise, black onyx and red coral eyes and tongues
- In the style of a traditional Indigenous Fetish necklace from the Zuni tribe
- Completed by a hook clasp closure
- Tested as sterling silver
- With maker's mark for Zuni Pueblo artists Virgil & Shirley Benn
- Circa: 1970's
- Length: 30 inches
- Smallest station measures: 1 x 1 5/16 inches
- Largest station measures: 2 x 3 inches
- Total weight: 117.0 grams
- Stock Number:Â We-10195
$1,925.00
Original: $5,500.00
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Description
- Necklace is designed as strands of round silver beads with large inlaid mother-of-pearl and shell animal stations
- Engraved to depict a rabbit, beaver, goat, deer, ram, wolf, polar bear, cougar, brown bear, sun bear and racoon
- Mother-of-pearl and shell are black, white, yellow, and brown in color
- With varying intensities of iridescence - bezel set and ranging in size
- Accented by turquoise, black onyx and red coral eyes and tongues
- In the style of a traditional Indigenous Fetish necklace from the Zuni tribe
- Completed by a hook clasp closure
- Tested as sterling silver
- With maker's mark for Zuni Pueblo artists Virgil & Shirley Benn
- Circa: 1970's
- Length: 30 inches
- Smallest station measures: 1 x 1 5/16 inches
- Largest station measures: 2 x 3 inches
- Total weight: 117.0 grams
- Stock Number:Â We-10195
