Cobblestone Inlay Bear Pendant Sterling Silver Turquoise Spiny Oyster

Sterling Silver
Cobblestone Inlay Bear Pendant
HK Item #NP208

Native American Navajo Sterling Silver cobblestone bear Pendant

Stones	Turquoise, spiny oyster Read about stones
Size	2 1/2" including bail; Bear is 1 3/8" tall x 2" long
Hallmarks	L STERLING
Artist	unknown

Native American Navajo Sterling Silver cobblestone bear Pendant

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Sterling Silver
Cobblestone Inlay Bear Pendant

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Native American Navajo Sterling Silver cobblestone bear Pendant

Large stamped swinging bail with 1/2" opening lets you wear this pendant with a chain, collar, beads, stone necklace, silver pearls, you name it.

Collar shown is not included.

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Corn Row or Cobblestone?

These techniques of setting stone against stone in a thick mosaic are related yet different. They are most often seen in Navajo stone work. Both methods require that each stone be rounded or beveled along its top edges before being placed in the desired pattern.

Here is where the differences appear. Corn row refers to similar size pieces of stone set parallel, side by side in a neat row - the edges of each stone are usually rounded. Cobblestone refers to pieces that are fitted perpendicular or angled to each other like you'd see in a stone courtyard. Often cobblestone pieces vary in size and have beveled rather than rounded edges.

Bear is considered the most powerful of all of the animals and is one of the most popular subjects of fetish carvers. Bear is a spiritual guide and represents strength and self-knowledge. He also has supernatural powers, great healing powers. Bear is a symbol deliberate action, introspection, soul and insight for the past and the future. The Bear is the guardian of the West an is one of the animals of the Six Directions.

Why isn't this item called Native American?

The US Department of the Interior Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 and its recent Amendments require that items described as Native American or Indian be made by an enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe. Furthermore, government regulations suggest that all attributions include the Native American Indian's name, tribe and federal tribal enrollment number. Because it is impossible to identify the artist for many vintage items, even if they are authentic Indian made items, we cannot and will not use the words Native American or Indian in association with such pieces.

Read about authenticity of Native American Indian jewelry.

Sterling Silver Cobblestone Inlay Bear PendantHK Item #NP208

Sterling Silver
Cobblestone Inlay Bear Pendant
HK Item #NP208