Nestoria Coriz Vintage Graduated Multicolor Multistone Bead Necklace 25.5

This vintage necklace has been beautifully crafted by well known Santo Domingo artist Nestoria Coriz. It is 25.5" long with an additional 4.5" extender.

The beads graduate in size from 16 mm at the center to 5 mm at the ends. The beads are a variety of stones and shell with a wonderful variation of colors. The sterling silver cylinder beads have been stamped with sun and sunray symbols. The necklace weighs 93 grams or 3.3 ounces. This necklace is in great vintage condition.

I have a photo of Nestoria's business card that my friend gave me with the necklaces. Nestoria Coriz is a master Kewa (Santo Domingo) Pueblo artist renowned for her intricate, multi-strand necklaces. Taught by her grandparents since age six, she expertly combines traditional stonework techniques with contemporary designs, often using turquoise, spiny oyster, coral, and hand-rolled heishi beads. Nestoria creates every component herself by hand, from the heishi beads and silverwork to the distinctive drop pendants that make each necklace a complete work of art. Most of these pawn shops and trading posts are now closed.

The Native American would pawn his jewelry for immediate cash. The shop would hold it and charge interest until he could reclaim it.

Dead pawn are the pieces that were never retrieved. Old Pawn Jewelry typically dates from the early 1900s to the 1970s. Most of the early pieces are not signed because it wasn't the Native American tradition to sign the pieces they crafted. Also, the turquoise in old pawn is turquoise that you can't get anymore because many of the mines have closed.

And, the red and orange coral is rare because of the coral bleaching which is happening today. We guarantee all of our Native American Indian items to be AUTHENTIC American Indian traditional arts.

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