Antique Navajo & Pueblo Jewelry

Antique Miniature Silver Vase	Bear Paw Pendant	Deer and Donkey Pins	Early Sandcast Knifewing Pin
Floral Overlay Pendant	Large Pin/Pendant by Harold Lovato	Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences: Turquois	Navajo Iced Tea Spoon, c.1935-1940
Navajo Ingot Silver Cross, c.1910	Navajo Silver and Turquoise Pin, c.1960s	Navajo Silver Ashtray, c.1910	Navajo Silver Pin by Frank Salcido
Navajo Silver Shell Pillbox, c.1930	Old Navajo Snake Fly Pin, c. 1920	Old Silver Sugar Tongs	Petrified Wood Pin
Three Navajo Bird Pins	Three Navajo Silver Bird Pins	Three Navajo Silver Bug Pins	Three Old Navajo Silver Letter Openers
Two Navajo Silver Pillboxes	Two Sandcast Vintage Navajo Letter Openers	Two Zuni Knifewing Pins c. 1930	Zuni Gan Dancer Pin
Zuni Inlay Pheasant Pin, c.1950s	Zuni Inlay Rainbow Man Pin, c.1930s-40s	Zuni Knifewing Pin by Horace Iule	Zuni Rainbow Dancer Pin & Cross Pendant, c.1930
Hopi Butterfly Pin, c.1940	Pueblo Mosaic Shell Pendant	Zuni Silver Pin c. 1960

Pins, Boxes, Spoons and More

At the very beginning of the 20th century Fred Harvey (hotelier, restaurateur, tour guide etc.) encouraged Native jewelers to expand their styles and forms of jewelry to meet the demand of the tourist who were arriving by the hundreds on the train. Many of these items were likely foreign to the Native jewelers, such as ashtrays, napkins rings, tie clasps, shot glasses, salt and pepper shakers, silverware, and pillboxes but they had no problem putting their own creative touches on what was otherwise western forms. Before the railroads and the Fred Harvey curio shops there was a strong tradition of buttons & manta pins which many argue are the very earliest forms of silver work.

Navajo & Pueblo Jewelry

Belts and Buckles
Bracelets
Earrings
Fetish Necklaces
Necklaces & Bolo Ties
Pins, Boxes, Spoons and More
Rings