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Kewa Pueblo Inlay Shell Pendant Coral Necklace with Earrings by Percy Reano - C3777D
Category: Jewelry | Posted by | Sat, Jun 25th 2016, 1:53pm
Over 65,000 pieces of turquoise were found at Pueblo Bonito at Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, leading archeologists to believe that Chaco was a turquoise manufacturing center. Both turquoise and shell were used for adornment by Ancestral Puebloans during prehistoric times, and both are still being used today.
Anyone who has had the opportunity to attend a Pueblo plaza dance has seen the beautiful turquoise and shell pendants worn by dancers. This particular pendant is especially lovely as it is suspended by four strands of rare red coral. The artist carefully and skillfully set turquoise, jet and shell mosaic onto a smoothed down Spondylus or Spiny Oyster shell.