Fred Begay pendant with adobe pueblo inlay

NAVAJO INLAY PENDANT BY FRED BEGAY & RICK TOLINO ADOBE PUEBLO JEWELRY

What an amazing collaboration between 2 of the most renown Navajo inlay and silver artists. Fred Begay and Rick Tolino. Measuring 2" in total length with a tapered width of 1/2" to 1". This is a beautiful pendant with a bail that can accommodate up to a 6mm chain or silver beads. This is a true masterpiece.  The Pueblo design you see in your piece reflects the of the Navajo people’s lifestyle. The scenery is set in New Mexico, near "Shiprock" mountain. This mountain range is a sacred area for the Navajo. The black represents Father sky (everything known) while the pueblos are mother earth (everything known)

ADOBE PUEBLO JEWELRY The Pueblo design you see in your piece reflects the of the Navajo people’s lifestyle. The scenery is set in New Mexico, near "Shiprock" mountain. This mountain range is a sacred area for the Navajo. The black represents Father sky (everything known) while the pueblos are mother earth (everything known)

Sterling silver (stars and setting): Is an alloy of silver containing 92.5% by weight of silver and 7.5% by weight of other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum fineness of 925.

Cultured opals (white colored elements), often referred to as opalite, are created in laboratories. Pure opals that occur in nature take many years to develop. Mines of natural opals are found across the globe. In the Southwest United States, there are naturally occurring opal fields that are mined.

Jet (black elements) is a product of high-pressure decomposition of wood from millions of years ago, commonly the wood of trees. Jet is found in two forms, hard and soft. Hard jet is the result of carbon compression and salt water; soft jet is the result of carbon compression and fresh water. Native American Navajo and Pueblo tribes of New Mexico were using regionally mined jet for jewelry and the ornamentation of weapons when early Spanish explorers reached the area in the 1500’s. Today these jet deposits are known as Acoma jet, for the Acoma Pueblo.

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