14 Navajo Silver Buttons

Here’s a varied group of Navajo, silver buttons that dating from 1900 to 1930s. Two of them make up a pair, the rest are singles. Some of them are without the attachment on the backside.

Navajo Silver and Turquoise Squash Blossom Necklace

This showy, Navajo squash blossom necklace has a lot to say! Natural turquoise nuggets are set into a bezel then bordered by twisted wire. Each stone is top with two leaves and three, tiny, silver orbs. The stones are put onto a double strand of bench beads. There are 5 stones on each side. The […]

Navajo, 11 Star, Silver Star Concho Belt

This is an beautiful and unique Navajo concho belt. It is made of (11) silver stars, each with 8 points and centered with an oval turquoise fitted into a bezel. The stars are identical, but each one has a different color of turquoise. The colors go from light, sky blue to deep green and some […]

Pair of Comanche Peyote, Silver, Earrings

This pair of Comanche earrings shows a thunderbird, likely a peyote bird, suspended from a silver wire for a pierced ear. The backs show evidence of having been shaped from a coin or some other marked piece of silver. A single, red with white heart bead is hooked onto the silver wire. The stamp work […]

Navajo Silver Ketoh with Snakes

This is a rare and unusual Navajo ketoh. The center has a prominent flower in repousse flanked above and below with rattlesnakes in movement. The snakes have diamond patterns on them, much of which has worn off from wear, and a segmented tail. The surface is further embellished with multiple stamp patterns including arrows. The […]

Navajo Ketoh or Bow Guard, Cast Silver with Turquoise

Here is a beautiful and well worn Navajo ketoh or bow guard. The silver has been casted with a central turquoise stone, set onto a ribbed platform that radiates with four arms top and bottom. The sides have silver nodules, four each on the sides and one each on the top and bottom. The commercial […]

This Navajo, possibly Pueblo, bracelet has heavy silver and holds a large and great stone of turquoise, possibly Blue Gem. The stone has a nice and finely serrated bezel around it. The imperfections in the stone make it more interesting. Nine, heavy, wires make up the base for this bracelet. The inner three are flattened […]

Classic Pair of Silver Comanche Drop Earrings

This classic and elegant pair of Comanche earrings is 7 5/8″ long. From the ear piercing portion drop three, connected half orbs. These orbs have cut marks going around them, like sun rays. From here hangs a cut out triangle with dashes (rocker engraving) creating a border just inside its edge. Two holes at the […]

Unusual, Early Pair of Comanche Earrings

This is a dramatic pair of Comanche earrings, not just stylistically, but also in its creative use of materials. They are a unique, one of a kind, example of Native earrings. A silver ring, meant for the ear, has two, cobalt blue, faceted, glass beads at the very top. From here hangs a triangle cut […]

Pair of Silver, Spanish Colonial Earrings, 19th Century

Here’s a wonderful pair of chandelier, silver earrings. The design work is all floral beginning at the top with a small fan shape suspended from it the largest portion of the earring showing a large flower set onto an elongated triangle. The base of this triangle supports three suspended leaves with the outer two being […]