Del Fred Masawytewa Hopi Sterling Silver Overlay Hand Pendant

Hopi Sterling Silver Hand Pendant

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Del Fred Masawytewa - Hopi Sterling Silver
Overlay Hand Pendant
HK Item #NP148B

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Native American Hopi Sterling Silver Hand pendant

Wonderful overlay of a unique design.

Height	1 1/4" including fixed bail
Width	1/2"
Materials	Sterling Silver Read about silver
Hallmarks	stylized SM Sterling
Artist	Del Fred Masawytewa, Hopi

What is Overlay?

Overlay pieces are made of two layers. The bottom layer is a solid sterling silver piece. The top layer has a cutout design. The cutout is placed over the bottom layer and the two pieces are "sweated" together, that is heated so that they become one.

The bottom layer (background to the cutout) is usually accented. The Navajo silversmiths oxidize the bottom layer which darkens it. Hopi silversmiths oxidize and etch the background (texturize it) with hashmarks.

Native American Hopi Sterling Silver Hand pendant

(Collar not included.)

Del Fred Masawytewa
Hopi Sterling Silver
Overlay Hand Pendant
NP148B

$105 plus s/h

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The Hand.

In Native American art, the hand usually represents the presence of man. From the earliest hand imprints on cave walls, the hand depicts a man's work, achievements and his personal history.

When a hand had a swirl in the middle of it, that is said to be the "eye in hand" and represents a mystic, or all-seeing, hand, the presence of the Great Spirit in man.

A Native American's horse was highly honored and often covered in symbols for various purposes. This would vary from tribe to tribe but hand prints were often used in various positions on a horse to mean different things.

The most prized handprint was when preparing for battle, if it was a kill-or-be-killed mission, an upside-down hand would be placed on the warrior's horse.

If a horse knocked down an enemy, right and left hand prints were put on the horse's chest.

The Pat Hand Print was the left hand pressed onto the horse's right hindquarters. It was put on a horse who had returned from a dangerous mission with his master unharmed.