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Larry Polivema, Hopi - Sterling Silver Overlay
Vintage Kachina Bead Necklace
HK Item #N675

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Authentic Native American sterling silver overlay kachina on bead necklace by Hopi artisan Larry Polivema

size
26" end to end;
pendant 3" x 3 1/8";
center bar is 2 1/4" x 1 1/4";
drop with stone is 3 1/4" x 1 1/4";
6 and 9 mm bench beads strung on foxtail
weight
76 grams
materials
sterling silver, Read about silver
condition
vintage, pre-owned, excellent; bright patina
hallmarks
stamped: LP
artist
Larry Polivema, Hopi
(began silver work in 1973)

About Native American authenticity.

Authentic Native American sterling silver overlay kachina on bead necklace by Hopi artisan Larry Polivema

Authentic Native American sterling silver overlay kachina on bead necklace by Hopi artisan Larry Polivema

6 and 9 mm bench beads strung on foxtail.

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Vintage Sterling Silver Overlay
Kachina Bead Necklace

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Authentic Native American sterling silver overlay kachina on bead necklace by Hopi artisan Larry Polivema

Authentic Native American sterling silver overlay kachina on bead necklace by Hopi artisan Larry Polivema

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Authentic Native American sterling silver overlay kachina on bead necklace by Hopi artisan Larry Polivema

26 inches end to end.  6 and 9 mm bench beads strung on foxtail with hook and eye.

What is Overlay?

Native American overlay pieces are made of two layers of sterling silver. The bottom layer is a solid piece while the top layer has a cutout design. The cutout layer is placed over the bottom layer and the two pieces are "sweated" together, heated so that they become one solid piece of sterling silver. The bottom layer, or background, that shows through the cut out portion of the top layer is often darkened for contrast.

Hopi silversmiths typically texture the background layer with hash marks while Navajo artists often leave the background smooth. Hopi artists tend to use geometric designs and symbols similar to those used in their pottery and baskets. Navajo silversmiths tend to create scenes depicting everyday life using people, animals, buildings and landscapes to tell a story - this style is called "overlay storyteller jewelry". Read more about overlay here.

What are Bench Beads?

Bench beads are partially manufactured and partially hand made. Usually the halves are machine cut and the silversmith solders the two halves together. Sometimes bench beads are left with a protruding seam but in other cases the seam is sanded down and polished smooth. Then the beads are strung by hand.

About Silver

100% solid silver won't tarnish but it is too soft to use for making jewelry - it could easily be scratched, dented and bent. Sterling silver has a small amount of one or more other metals usually copper, added to the silver. To be called sterling silver, the alloy must contain at least 92.5% pure silver. Sterling silver alloy is harder than pure silver but the added metals also can cause discoloration or tarnish.

Read more about silver.

NOTE: Items in our Vintage Shop are either USED or NEW. They might come from inheritances, estate sales, private collections, and store liquidations. Many items are brand new (NOS, New Old Stock) and in perfect condition while others may show tarnish, scratches and other signs of use. Major issues will be described in detail and shown in photos. Vintage Shop items are sold as described and are not returnable.
Horsekeeping LLC - Definitions of Jewelry Age and Condition
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Patina
A dark or colored film of oxidation that forms naturally on metal exposure to air and other elements. It is often valued for its aesthetically pleasing appearance.
Vintage
30 years or older.
NOS
New Old Stock. Retail store inventory from at least 10 years ago.
Pre-owned
An item that has been used.

Our Rescue Mission
of
Native American Indian Jewelry and Artifacts

Native American Jewelry blog tips and informationWe are in the vintage Native American jewelry rescue business and are passionate about finding new homes for used and vintage jewelry and artifacts. That's why we purchase Native American pieces from estates, inheritances, collection downsizing and New Old Stock (NOS) inventory from closed stores.

Often people contact us after taking a box of Native American jewelry to their local pawn shop and find that a pawn shop is mainly interested in melt value of the metals and not in preserving the beautiful historic pieces. To hear that people have considered selling these treasures for melt value makes us truly sad.

Melt value is usually far below what we would offer for the jewelry. Yet we can't pay retail price for items because of the time and cost involved in finding new homes for them. We have to research, often repair and restore the jewelry, photograph and list each item on our website, and sometimes hold pieces in inventory for years until the right buyer comes along.

We hope you'll find something special in our vintage shop that will complete yet another circle of our jewelry re-homing mission.

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