Vintage Navajo Rare Natural Cloud Mountain Tab Turquoise Necklace
This is a listing for a vintage Navajo necklace. It has been strung with rare high grade and natural turquoise from the Cloud Mountain mine. Vintage Cloud mountain turquoise is rare and valued by Native American turquoise artists for it’s high quality. It’s very hard, natural, not stabilized in a saturated dark blue colors with an intricate black webbed matrix and splotches of black chert, adding a stunning element. The high grade material was perfect for carving and the tab beads in this necklace were hand carved by a Santo Domingo bead cutter. I’ve seen Cloud Mountain turquoise carved and mounted in sterling Navajo jewelry as rings, bracelets, pendants etc. I have never seen it cut into tab beads before, making this a very rare necklace. I had it strung on strong wire by a Navajo bead artist, using vintage stabilized hand rolled turquoise heishi from the Kingman mine. The Kingman turquoise is also high blue in color with a black webbed matrix and it made a good match. The necklace closes with a few hand wrought Navajo bench made sterling beads and a traditional hook and eye clasp. It measues 24.5 inches in length. The tabs graduate with the largest measuring 1 and 1/8th inches in length and almost 7/8th inches wide. The small tabs near the neck measure approximately 3/8th by 5/8th inches in size. The necklace weighs 114 grams. Thank you for looking. The item “Vintage Navajo Rare Natural Cloud Mountain Tab Turquoise Necklace” is in sale since Monday, September 13, 2021. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Ethnic, Regional & Tribal\Necklaces & Pendants”. The seller is “100smr” and is located in Saint Louis, Missouri. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Country of Origin: USA
- Featured Refinements: Vintage Turquoise Necklace
- Jewelry Type: Necklaces
- Main Stone Color: Turquoise
- Brand: Native American
- Era: 1970’s
- Ethnic & Regional Style: Native American
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Material: Stone
- Theme: Southwest
- Item Length: 25 – 30 in
- Main Stone Treatment: Natural
- Main Stone: Turquoise
- Metal: Sterling Silver
- Tribal Affiliation: Navajo Santo Domingo