NAVAJO & ZUNI PENDANTS

Navajo and Zuni pendants handcrafted of sterling silver and set with turquoise, coral, mother of pearl, malachite, onyx, spiney oyster shell, black jet, jade, amber, lapis and lab opal. Our collection of Native American pendants include museum-quality pieces from Navajo silversmiths Sam Gray, Arnold Goodluck, Leroy Begay, Jack and Mary Tom, Tommy Singer, Mary Spencer and Zuni silversmiths Bobby and Corrine Shack, Edaakie, Effie Calavaza, Kallestewa, Lasiloo, Iule, Leekity and Amy Quandelacy, just to name a few. Our collection of southwest Indian Jewelry at Red Rock Trading Post in Chandler Arizona is always changing, so please visit us often.

Turquoise Pendants	Inlay Pendants	Silver & Gold Pendants	All Other Stone & Shell Pendants
Silver Crosses	Pendants under $20

The Navajo silversmith usually starts with the stone, genuine turquoise, coral, onyx, lapis, malachite or other semi-precious stone and then designs the Indian jewelry around it. This makes the individual stone of great importance as to the shape and color. The most versatile piece of Native American jewelry to purchase is perhaps the pendant. A Navajo pendant always fits! A silver pendant may be worn on a chain, beads or on leather. You can have a beautiful turquoise stone on one side and on the reverse Navajo stampwork. A collection of Native American earrings may be built around a single distinctive Navajo pendant. redrocktrading.com offers the finest of Navajo pendants from renowned Navajo silversmiths including Arnold Goodluck, Sam Gray, Leroy Begay, Calvin Begay, Mary Spencer, Jack and Mary Tom, Teddy Goodluck and Robert Taylor.

Most Zuni Indian jewelry made with turquoise is absent any matrix, the dark veins found in most turquoise as the artist meticulously cuts around the matrix found in genuine turquoise. Zuni silversmiths spend years developing their own distinctive design. The earliest recorded Zuni silversmith learned the art from a Navajo who came to the Zuni Pueblo in 1872. Some designs are passed down from generation to generation, but most Zuni silversmiths strive to originate their own design. Zuni jewelry is most noted for two different styles of jewelry. Zuni inlay jewelry is created by designing the silver piece, usually with sterling silver channels inside the outline of the design. Each stone is then cut and ground and set into the channels in the silver. Zuni needle point jewelry is created by designing the sterling silver piece, and then cutting the stones to slender, pointed ends. Silver bezels are then made for each stone and soldered to the design before each stone is set. Petit point is very similar to Needle Point Indian Jewelry, however the stones are only pointed on one end and rounded on the other. redrocktrading.com offers a wonderful selection of Zuni Indian Jewelry. Our collection of sterling silver Zuni earrings, Zuni bracelets, Zuni pendants and Zuni necklaces are set with genuine turquoise, coral, black jet, mother of pearl, and other semi-precious gemstones and shells. We feature renowned Zuni silversmiths such as Effie Calavaza (Effie C.), Don Dewa, Amy Quandelacy, Robert Leekya, Bobby and Corrine Shack, Dishta, Edaakie, Hustito, Leekity, Booqua, Wyaco, Etsate, Iule, Leekity, Gaurdian, Haloo and various other Zuni artists.