Ultra Rare Sterling Silver Native American J. A. Calabaza Hand Hammered Necklace
EXTREMELY RARE MUSEUM GRADE ANTIQUEARTIFACT. NOBODY BEATS MY PRICES! NOTE: IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING EXTREMELY RARE & OLD & IS A UNIQUE & UNUSUAL MUSEUM GRADE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN SIGNED ARTIFACT IN PRISTINE PERFECT CONDITION, THIS IS IT. THE NECKLACE IS HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE & HAND CRAFTED MADE WITH PRIMITIVE TOOLS & HAND HAMMERED SOLID STERLING SILVER. UNIQUE AND UNUSUAL HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE 1 OF A KIND PIECE. JUST ABOUT ANY OF J. REMAINING TRIBAL ARTIFACTS ARE IN MUSEUMS. THESE ARE THE SMITHSNONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS IN WASHIGTON D. THE SOUTHWEST MUSEUM IN LA, & THE MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS & CULTURE SANTA FE. TO FIND AN AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL PIECE AT ALL, ESPECIALLY SIGNED SOLID STERLING SILVER IN PRISTINE EXTREMELY WELL PRESERVED CONDITION IS IMPOSSIBLE OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE ALL CLOSE UP & ESPECIALLY ENLARGED PHOTO’S FOR BEST OBSERVATION & INSPECTION. THIS IS EXCEPTIONALLY OLD AND SCARCE TYPE PENDANT. YOU CAN WEAR IT IF DESIRED, I SUGGEST YOU USE EXTREME CARE WHEN WEARING IT. I WOULD HAVE IT INSURED AFTER A PROFESSIONAL APPRAISAL. IT WOULD LOOK AWESOME IN SOME TYPE OF SHADOWBOX DISPLAY CASE HANGING ON A WALL IF YOU DON’Y KEEP IT LOCKED UP IN A SAFE IF YOU CHOOSE TO WEAR IT. AFTER SHOWING IT AN ANTIQUE DEALER I’VE KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS WHO SPECIALIZES IN ANTIQUE STERLING SILVER, HE HAS NO DOUBT IT IS AN EARLY AUTHENTIC SIGNED J. NECKLACE AFTER CLOSE INSPECTION & EXAMINATION AS DID MY VERY EXPERIENCED & REPUTABLE JEWELER WHO TESTS EVRYTHING BEFORE I LIST IT. THEY BOTH TESTED IT, THE RESULT BEING. 925 PURITY (STERLING SILVER). BOTH SAID IT IS AN EXTREMELY RARE ARTIFACT, & SHOWED ME ON THE INTERNET SOME OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAKER I DESCRIBED ABOVE. FOR SALE IS AN EXTREMELY SCARCE ANTIQUE UNIQUE & UNUSUAL 1 OF A KIND STERLING SILVER, (STAMPED “STERLING” & TESTED) SIGNED J. NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN SKEWED & ANGLED CRISS CROSS NECKLACE MADE BY JUANITA ABEITA CALABAZA, ZUNI. IT IS BASICALLY A CHOKER SIZE PIECE, ALTHOUGH THE WAY IT’S MADE, IT IS NOT CLOSE TO YOUR NECK LIKE REGULAR CHOKER NECKLACE. EACH HALF WAS MADE COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY. ONE SIDE IS ULTRA SMOOTH, HIGHLY POLISHED TO REFLECVE GLOSSY MIRROR LIKE FINISH. THE OTHER SIDE IS HAND HAMMERED, AND IS ALSO HIGHLY POLISHED WITH SAME TYPE FINISH. THE TOP SECTION OF SOLID CRISS CROSS PIECES MEASURES 5-1/4 WIDE (APART). WEIGHT: 19.85 GRAMS. THE SOLID CRISS CROSS SECTIONS ARE CURVED, ANGLED AND & SKEWED TO LAY ON CHEST EVENLY & PERFECTLY. EACH SIDE MEASURES ABOUT 5 LONG EXCLUDING THE HANDMADE SEEMLESS CHAINS. THE CHAINS MEASURE 4/1/4″ LONG EACH, WHICH MAKES THE PIECE THE EQUIVELANT TO ABOUT A 16″ TO 16-16-3/4 LONG. IT HAS STERLING SILVER HANDMADE HOOK EYE CLOSURE SYSTEM. IF YOU NEDD EXTENDER LINKS FOR EXTRA LENGTH, SEND ME A MESSAGE AND I WILL SEND U SOME AT NO EXTRA CHARGE. IF YOU NEED MORE AFTER THAT, JUST SEND A MESSAGE AND I WILL SEND MORE AT NO CHARGE ALSO. FORTUNATELY, IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY WELL PRESERVED STORED IN A LOCKED SAFE MANY DECADES IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION. IT IS IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION, PARTLY DUE TO IT BEING WRAPPED IN TARNISH RESISTANT FLATWARE CLOTH WHICH WAS IN A SMALL AIRTIGHT HARD PLASTIC LIKE OR POSSIBLY BAKELITE CONTAINER. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY SCARCE ITEM, ONE WHICH WILL MOST LIKELY NOT SEE ANOTHER FROM SAME MAKER AGAIN. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL VERY WELL MADE PIECE. IT NEEDS A GOOD HOME, AND SHOULD GO TO A SERIOUS COLLECTOR OF RARE NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACTS, OR JUST BECAUSE YOU LOVE IT. BOTH FROM THE SAME LATE PROPRIETOR (JEWELERS) 92 YEAR WIDOW. THE NEW YORK STORE CLOSED ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO. MOST OF THE JEWELRY WAS PACKED INTO 2 HUGE EXTRA BEDROOMS IN THERE MASSIVE 6 BEDROOM ESTATE, INCLUDING THE FINISHED BASEMENT, WHICH HAD A HUGE SAFE PACKED FULL OF THE LATE JEWELERS PRIVATE COLLECTION & HI END JEWELRY. THE NECKLACE/ARTIFACT CAME FROM A SAFE IN THE LATE JEWELERS ESTATE. THE LATE JEWELER HAD OBTAINED THE NECKLACE & SOME OTHER RARE NATIVE AMERICAN JEWELRY FROM A CLOSE FRIEND WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF HIS TOWNS HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR QUITE FEW A YEARS. HE WANTED TO SELL SOME OF IT, RATHER THAN PAWN IT, KNOWING THE LATE JEWELER VERY WELL FOR OVER 60 YEARS. A GOOD PORTION WAS AUCTIONED OFF IN NEW YORK CITY AFTER WW11. HE MADE A SMALL FORTUNE. I HAVE BEEN AND WILL BE WILL MAKING NEW LISTINGS DAILY. THERE IS JUST ABOUT EVERY TYPE EVERY OF JEWELRY MADE. I ONLY SELL JEWELRY IN EXCELLENT, PRISTINE, OR NEW OLD STOCK PERFECT FLAWLESS CONDITION. CHECK MY LISTINGS FROM TIME TO TIME. IF YOUR LOOKING FOR ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR, SEND ME A MESSAGE. FEEL FREE TO CHECK MY LISTINGS FROM TIME TO TIME, FOR I HAVE BEEN AND WILL BE MAKING MANY MORE NEW LISTINGS DAILY. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Ethnic, Regional & Tribal\Necklaces & Pendants”. The seller is “harriecarchma-0″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay, Russian Federation.
- Country of Origin: United States
- Department: Women
- Chain Type: NATIVE AMERICAN HANDMADE OVAL SEEMLESS LINKS
- Modified Item: No
- EXTREMELY RARE MID 1800’s WARRIOR GOD Pc: MYTHOLOGIC HAITI/BRAZIL WARRIOR TRIBAL GOD PENDANT
- LARGE HEAVY 900 SILVER 1-3/4\: UNIQUE & UNUSUAL 1 OF A KIND 1800s ARTIFACT
- MUSEUM GRADE EXTREMELY RARE PIECE: ONCE IN A LIFETIME CHANCE 2 OWN A J.A.C. NECKLACE
- 1/2 HAND HAMMERED 1/2 ULTRA SMOOTH: ORIG HIGHLY POLISHED GLOSSY REFLECTIVE FINISH
- Type: CRISS CROSS SOLID CHET SECTION NECKLACE
- Seller Warranty: Yes
- Customized: Yes
- Main Stone Color: NO STONES
- Color: SILVER
- Signed: Yes
- Occasion: ANY OCCASION-GREAT GIFT/RARE COLLECTIBLE, Anniversary, Birthday, Christmas, Graduation, Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day
- Brand: JUANITA A. CALABAZO (SIGNED J.A.C.)
- Era: Undated (EARLY CALABAZA PIECE)
- Ethnic & Regional Style: Native American
- Shape: ANGLED & SKEWED CRISS CROS + CHAINS & CLASP
- Handmade: Yes
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Style: CRISS CROSS CONTOURED/ANGLED CHEST SECTION
- Base Metal: .925 PURITY SILVER
- Material: SOLID STERLING SILVER (STAMPED STERLING & TESTED)
- Theme: Beauty-UNIQUE & UNUSUAL
- Pendant/Locket Type: HAND HAMMERED LARGE V SHAPE -SEE PHOTO’S
- Features: TURQUOISE EYES
- Antique: Yes
- Item Length: 8-1/2\
- Metal Purity: 925 PURITY (TESTED-SIGNED STERLING)
- Closure: STERLING SILVER HOOK & EYE. EXCEPTS EXTENDER LINKS
- Wholesale: Yes
- Sizable: Yes
- Main Stone Creation: NO STONES
- Metal: Sterling Silver
- Tribal Affiliation: Zuni
