Artist Unknown
We don't know who carved this pretty boy, but does it matter? Such lovely green turquoise, and only an inch long. Plus those fine round horns, those big dark eyes - what a guy.
I am afraid this mountain lion with his turquoise "power pack" does not look very fierce. A mite too friendly even. He is 2-1/4 inches long.
Here is a cute little tagua nut squirrel. This little guy is 1-5/8" long. The tagua nut grows in the rainforest, and is commonly used by the indian people there to carve the local birds and animals. The ancient ways continue - the native people here still exchange materials and ideas with the native people from down south.
Shown here is a traditionally-styled sterling silver key chain that is two inches in diameter.
Pictured is a sterling silver bolo backed by turquoise, jet, lapis lazuli and coral. The pendant is 1-7/8 inches long.
This is the typical, refined style of the Hopi, depicted here in sterling silver overlay as the "sunface." This pendant is 2-1/2 inches long.
Wonderful, detailed silverwork is the hallmark of this "sunface" bolo; the pendant is 1-3/4 inches wide.
Shown is an unusual bolo fashioned in sterling silver and inlaid with turquoise, jet, mother-of-pearl and, possibly, leopard agate, in the shape of a roadrunner. This piece is probably Zuni and is 2-5/8 inches wide by 1-5/8 inches long.
Pictured is a finely-worked sterling silver and turquoise bolo with sterling silver tips; the pendant is 3 inches long.
