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Kewa Jennifer Calabaza 10 strand turquoise and heishi necklace [JNJC10Th1902]
American Indian Antique Art and Southwest Native Originals
PRICE: $495 including insured ship—48 states and DC.
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This 10-strand necklace is “new”—not previously sold, used or worn by anyone since being crafted in Fall 2019 by Kewa jewelry artist Jennifer Calabaza. Total length is approximately 27.5" end-to-end.
Each end consists of 1.5” long Sterling Silver clasp and cone, followed by 2.25” of each strand covered with brown clam shell heishi and the rest of each strand comprised of irregular-shaped small turquoise stones, spaced approx. 0.15” apart by 5-6 brown clam shell heishi beads interspersed between turquoise pieces.
Authenticity Guarantee. 10 strand, 27.5” long turquoise and brown clam shell heishi necklace crafted in 2019 by Kewa Native American jewelry artists, Jennifer Calabaza. Weight: 117 grams. Sterling Silver clasps and end cones.
Buy without worries. (1) Written authenticity guarantee from 28 yr. member of Authentic Tribal Art Dealers Asso. [ATADA.org]. (2) To protect your health and the integrity of the necklace: NO returns, refunds, exchanges unless otherwise agreed in writing. (3) To protect YOUR HEALTH and ours: ALL our inventory items are chemical-free, fragrance-free, mold-free; and we, our inventory and packing materials have been protected from covid and other infectious virus exposures prior to sale.
Detailed Dimensions. [ approximate, using a micrometer; there are minor variations inherent in hand-made jewelry and consistent with variations in natural materials.]
· End-to-end length: 27.5” includes Sterling Silver clasps & end cones
· Heishi bead diameter variation: 0.09>>0.1”
· Heishi bead thickness variation: 0.01” > 0.05”
· Turquoise pieces length variation: 0.2 > 0.3”
· Turquoise pieces thickness variation: 0.01 > 0.1”
· Weight: 117 grams
$495.00
Artwork details
Origin
Jennifer Calabaza, Kewa, New Mexico
Dimension
Condition
Newly crafted in 2019 by Jennifer Calabaza. In our inventory since then--not previously sold, used or worn by anyone; in original new condition as created by Jennifer. Turquoise: each strand contains 80 or more turquoise pieces, so the 10 strands contain a total of 800 or more turquoise pieces of irregular thickness and shape, ranging between 0.2 to 0.3 inches in length [most 0.2”] and 0.01 to 0.1 inch thickness. [All measurements approximate] TURQUOISE COLORS. The color of turquoise changes with lighting changes—sometimes looking more blue and other times looking more green. You will observe differing shades of blue or green in the photos we posted of this necklace’s turquoise. We purposely take the photos with varying types of light so you can see the turquoise colors in differing light conditions. HEISHI: the brown clam shell heishi beads are circular in shape ranging between 0.09 to 0.1” diameter and 0.01” to 0.05” thickness. Each strand contains over 450 heishi beads, resulting in a 10-strand total of 4500 hand-strung heishi. Shape and thickness irregularities are due to natural shell and turquoise characteristics and effects of polishing and hole-drilling the individual pieces.Jennifer’s turquoise and heishi necklaces are moderately priced because Jennifer does NOT cut, polish and drill her own turquoise stones or heishi. She purchases the heishi and turquoise already cut, polished and drilled, as do other of the more moderately priced Native American jewelry artists. Jennifer then decides on the necklace design she wants to create, selects individual turquoise pieces, arranges and strings the heishi and turquoise consistent with her vision for the necklace. The irregular shaped turquoise pieces are separated by very tiny 5 or 6 heishi beads, creating a beautiful overall effect with the overlapping 10 stands. Think of the skill and patience involved in envisioning and stringing over 4500 tiny heishi beads interspersed with over 800 tiny turquoise pieces. Obviously, any multi-strand necklace that contained hand-formed, hand-polished and hand-drilled turquoise and heishi would be much more expensive due to the hundreds of hours required to do so.