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SANTO DOMINGO Pilot Mt. Turquoise and Red Brass Pendant - sku0069Viewed 2074 times
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DESCRIPTION

This beautiful one of a kind Santo Domingo pendant holds a large and gorgeous hand cut and polished Pilot Mountain turquoise stone. The color of the greenish blue stone itself mixed with brown matrix brings out the brilliant color of the red brass pendant. The pendant is hand cut, tooled and hand stamped with Native American designs of mountain peaks and sunrises. This is an older piece previously owned by a collector of excellent taste and quality and one that prizes ownership of such a work of Native American art and has taken exquisite care of it.

INFO

Because Santo Domingo Pueblo is located near the ancient cerriollos turquoise mines, the village people have a distinguished history of making fine jewelry and heishi. The Santo Domingos are still great traders very much like their Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon ancestors. Many roadside stands with jewelry, pottery and silverwork for sale can be found during a visit to the pueblo. Visitors are welcome to the pueblo, however, the Santo Domingo people are vary adamant about preserving their traditional ways. A cultural center and small museum provide opportunities for visitors to learn more about the pueblo where close to 3400 people live. There is no admission fee, but donations are appreciated. The pueblo also has a small museum and a gas station of the Santo Domingo exit on I-25 between Santa Fe and Albuquerque. The pueblo is located 25 miles south of Santa Fe.

Pilot Mountain mine can be found in Esmeralda County, Nevada. This stone is highly admired for its deep blue- green colors. The matrix is black to golden brown, which is caused by its host rock, rhyolite. Pilot Mountain is a hard stone and takes a nice polish. It can show an unusual graduation of light to dark green colors on the same stone, which makes Pilot Mountain highly collectible. This active mine currently produces a large amount of graded turquoise with a variety of colors ranging from blue to green with dark brown, black, or reddish matrices. Deposits here consist primarily of thin seams with some nugget formations.

ARTIST

This piece is by Santo Domingo artist B. Coriz. The hallmark stamp is on the back.

SIZE

Measuring from the top of the pendant including the loop is 3.50 inches down and 1.50 inches across. The stone itself measures 2.20 inches down and 1.25 inches across. Sorry, I do not have any chains that match this piece.

WEIGHT

1.80 ounces

Tribes, Pueblos, Nations: Acoma, Cochiti, Isleta, Jemez, Jicarilla Apache Nation, Laguna, Mescalero Apache nation, Nambe, Navajo Nation, Ohkay Owingeh, Picuris, Pojoaque, Sandia, San Felipe, San IIdefonso, Santa Clara, Santo Domingo, Taos, Tesuque, Zia, Zuni

AUTHENTICITY

Certificate of Authenticity - This original piece of Native American art is new unless otherwise listed as vintage or pawn. It will arrive accompanied by our official Letter of Authenticity which documents the Native American artists name, tribal affiliation, gemstone materials, sterling silver and the price you paid so that it will help you establish and maintain accurate records. We take the utmost care in shipping it to you and it will arrive cleaned, polished and well packed for safety in a sealed bag wrapped in tissue paper in a gift bag.
We travel to New Mexico, the Native American jewelry capital of the world, and visit other artists throughout the Southwest 4 to 5 times a year to purchase direct from the traders or the artists themselves. My mother was born and raised in the West and still lives and works in the Grand Canyon. The Native Americans have always been a part of our lives and we have always surrounded ourselves with their culture and beautiful works of art.

All of our items are bought directly from individual artists or from well established, well known wholesalers and traders between Gallup, the reservations, Santa Fe and Albuquerque. We love to buy directly from the artists so we can support their craft as well as provide them a living for their incredible talents. It helps to bypass the middleman so we can send money back to our adopted families at the reservation.

It is against the law to post an item as authentic Native American if it is not. We do our best to describe each piece by the description, where it came from and the artist. We guarantee you will not find any fake, cheap or imported jewelry on our site. All of our items are Authentic Native works of art. All of our jewelry contains genuine silver, silver, gold and contains no pot metal, nickel, rhodium, pewter or other precious metal substitutes.

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