Native American Necklaces & Pendants
Native American necklaces and pendants at T.Skies are made by the artists named on each listing. Most are Navajo: Philbert Secatero, Jeanette Nelson, Vinita Cowboy, Anthony Brown, Nathan Skeet, Eddie Secatero, Verna Tahe and Hector Goodluck. A piece is listed here only when its listing names the maker and the maker's nation.
From Santo Domingo Pueblo come an inlay pendant on turquoise and spiny oyster beads by Colbert Sherman and a twelve-strand jet heishi necklace by Janice Tenorio. Expect najas, saw-work and cluster pendants, Navajo pearl strands, turquoise chain and heishi, and a braided silver choker.
Native American Necklaces & Pendants: Common Questions
Who made these pieces?
The artist named on each listing, with that artist's nation as the listing gives it.
What are "Navajo pearls"?
Hollow sterling silver beads, strung like pearls. The name describes the bead style, not who made the strand. The maker's nation comes from the listing, never from the bead name.
What is a naja?
A crescent-shaped silver pendant, the same form that hangs at the center of a squash blossom necklace. On this page it appears both on a necklace and as a pendant on its own.
What is heishi?
Small disc beads, cut and ground from shell or stone and strung in strands. The jet heishi necklace here has twelve.
Do the pendants come with a chain?
Check each listing. It says whether a chain is included.