Description: Rare & authentic Navajo Arts & Crafts Guild sterling silver pin from 1950's with original tag. Size measures 2.5" inches wide by 1.5" inches high. The pin is in excellent overall condition with its ORIGINAL Navajo Guild purchase tag attached. Wonderful patina! Weighs 27 grams This pin bears the seal of the guild which was founded in 1940 on the Navajo Nation and set the highest standards for authenticity, materials and workmanship. Individual silversmiths were not allowed to sign Navajo Guild pieces, they could only be marked with the official “Horned Sun” hallmark of the NACG and, often, the word "NAVAJO" The works of the Guild are characterized by a high-level of quality, the use of classic Navajo silversmithing techniques and materials, with clean, elegant, often modern lines, and restrained in its use of stamp, chisel and file work. A little more background on the history and purpose of the Navajo Guild... It's mission was to help young Navajo silversmiths learn from the masters and thus maintain the quality & design of classic Navajo silver work for generations to come The Guild's standards were exacting and their instructors were among the most accomplished Navajo jewelers of the era, including the Guild’s first Director, the brilliant Navajo silversmith and jewelry teacher, Ambrose Roanhorse.
Price: 1295 USD
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
End Time: 2025-02-08T20:16:41.000Z
Shipping Cost: 17 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Origin: United States
Ethnic & Regional Style: NAVAJO NATIVE AMERICAN
Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
Signed: Yes
Artisan: NAVAJO ARTS AND CRAFTS GUILD
Metal: Silver
Modified Item: No
Main Stone: No Stone
Jewelry Type: PIN BROOCH
Metal Purity: 900 OR HIGHER
Tribal Affiliation: Navajo
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Handmade: Yes
Culture: Native American: US
