Museum Vintage Zuni wagonwheel Turquoise Silver Necklace Old Vtg

Museum Vintage Zuni wagonwheel Turquoise Silver Necklace Old VtgThis is a magnificent vintage Zuni museum quality very old silver flower necklace having 5 incredible flower segments. Located on each flower are impressive natural very old Sleeping Beauty and Cerrillos turquoise stones. Check out the swirling silver works that go around the piece which each piece had to be sautered. This necklace is very incredible! The largest silver flower segment measures around 1 1 4" in diameter. Sterling silver. The length of

What makes this piece unique is that Rye did not usually add jaclas to his pieces so he found great joy with this particular necklace

The ring size is around 11-1/2

What makes this piece even more unique is the beautiful squaw hand tied neck piece

I find it interesting how the artist reversed the direction of the two middle spiny oyster trapezoids

The width of the bracelet measures around 1-3/4"

The strands join together with a comfortable wrapped thread at the back

These are the types of necklaces that the Santo Domingo tribes wear in ceremonies

And all of the scalloped edges of the cuff are emphasized with deep hand stamped designs

Accenting the stones are beautiful silver sun works as well as on the double silver shank

Circles of over 25 chubby teardrop shaped ocean green turquoise stones cluster around the center round

This piece contains a very wide silver cuff

This rounded off high polish bracelet is done in the hand carved fire mountain design - with four deep hand carved horizontals accenting below the mountaintops